Are voltage-dependent ion channels involved in the endothelial cell control of vasomotor tone?
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Xavier F. Figueroa, Chien-Chang Chen, Kevin P. Campbell, David N. Damon, Kathleen H. Day, Susan Ramos, and Brian R. Duling Departamento de Ciencias Fisiológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Institute of Biomedical Science, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan; Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Departments of Physiology and Biophysics and Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa; and Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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Letter to the editor: "Are voltage-dependent ion channels involved in the endothelial cell control of vasomotor tone?".
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