title: [Endothelial acetylcholine].
abstract: A fraction of the vascular endothelial cells may synthetised and release acetylcholine. This release is enhanced by mechanical stimuli such as shear stress or increased blood flow. The physiological role of this release of acetylcholine is explained taking the vasodilatory response to mental stress of blood vessels in skeletal muscles as an example.
authors.affiliation: Service de Physiologie humaine, Institut Léon Fredericq, Université de Liège.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Damas
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004727:Endothelium / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000502:physiology; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014661:Vasoconstriction
chemical_list: D000109:Acetylcholine
vernacular_title: L'acétylcholine endothéliale.