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Joseph T Reed1, Tanya Pareek1, Srinivas Sriramula2

  • 1Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216-4505, USA.

Cardiovascular Research
|November 19, 2019
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AgingBK channelBKβ1 subunitMiddle cerebral arteriesMyogenic toneSex differences

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