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Endothelial TRPV4 channels mediate dilation of cerebral arteries: impairment and recovery in cerebrovascular pathologies related to Alzheimer's disease.
British journal of pharmacology - 1 Oct 2013
Zhang Luqing, Papadopoulos Panayiota, Hamel Edith
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Transient receptor potential vanilloid type 4 (TRPV4) channels are expressed in brain endothelial cells, but their role in regulating cerebrovascular tone under physiological and pathological conditions is still largely unknown. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: Wild-type (WT) mice and mice that overexpress a mutated form of the human amyloid precursor protein (APP mice, model of increased amyloid...
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