Calcium Channel Agonists
| Definition: |
Agents that increase calcium influx into calcium channels of excitable tissues. This causes vasoconstriction in vascular smooth muscle and/or cardiac muscle cells as well as stimulation of insulin release from pancreatic islets. Therefore, tissue-selective calcium agonists have the potential to combat cardiac failure and endocrinological disorders. They have been used primarily in experimental studies in cell and tissue culture. |
| Notes: |
vasoconstrictors; DF: CALCIUM CHANNEL AGON or CALCIUM CHANNEL AG |
| Also Called: |
Exogenous Calcium Channel Agonists |
| Previously Indexed: |
Calcium/metab (1966-1987),Ion Channels (1979-1987) |
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