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Abstract
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.
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- Calcium Channel Activators
- Calcium Channel Agonist
- Activators, Calcium Channel
- Agonist, Calcium Channel
- Agonists, Calcium Channel
- Channel Activators, Calcium
- Channel Agonist, Calcium
- Channel Agonists, Calcium
- Calcium Channel Agonists, Exogenous
- Exogenous Calcium Channel Agonists
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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- Calcium/metab (1966-1987)
- Ion Channels (1979-1987)
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- National Library of Medicine. Calcium Channel Agonists. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002120. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002120
- Calcium Channel Agonists. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50429898