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Calcium Channel Agonists

Medical 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.
Guide 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)

Calcium Channel Agonists Medical Definitions and Terms

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