Concept information
Chemical Actions and Uses
Pharmacologic Actions
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Membrane Transport Modulators
Preferred term
Calcium Channel Agonists
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Activators, Calcium Channel
- Agonist, Calcium Channel
- Calcium Channel Activators
- Calcium Channel Agonist
- Channel Activators, Calcium
- Channel Agonist, Calcium
Scope note
- 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.
History note
- 88
In other languages
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Finnish
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kalsiumagonisti
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kalsiumkanava-agonisti
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kalsiumkanava-agonistit
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kalsiumkanavan agonisti
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kalsiumkanavan agonistit
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Swedish
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Kalciumkanalagonister
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002120
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