title: Calcium entry blocking drugs: their classification and sites of action in smooth muscle cells.
abstract: This article reviews some of the current thinking regarding the classification of calcium antagonists and explores some of their postulated sites of action in smooth muscle. The relative importance of each reported site of action is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans.
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authors.lastname: Raeburn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000187:drug effects; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007811:Lanthanum / Q000494:pharmacology; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D007811:Lanthanum