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Calcium Channel Blockers

Known as: Blockers, Calcium Channel, Channel Blockers, Calcium, CCB 
A pharmaceutical agent that inhibits the movement of calcium across through calcium channels in the cell membrane, preventing or decreasing the… 
National Institutes of Health

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10 ML Nicardipine hydrochloride 2.5 MG/ML Injection12 HR Nicardipine hydrochloride 45 MG Extended Release Oral Capsule24 HR Diltiazem Hydrochloride 240 MG Extended Release Oral Capsule [Cardizem]24 HR Diltiazem Hydrochloride 240 MG Extended Release Oral Capsule [Tiazac]
Anti-Arrhythmia AgentsCalcium Channel Antagonists [MoA]Diltiazem HydrochlorideIn Blood

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ion channel blocker

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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Mg2+ Administered up to twenty-four hours following reperfusion prevents ischemic damage of the CA1 neurons in the rat hippocampus
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Anticonvulsant effects of some calcium entry blockers in DBA/2 mice
1 The behavioural and anticonvulsant effects of several drugs acting by various mechanisms on calcium‐channels or affecting… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Phosphorylation of the purified receptor for calcium channel blockers by cAMP kinase and protein kinase C.
The dihydropyridine receptor purified from rabbit skeletal muscle contains three proteins of 165, 55 and 32 kDa. cAMP kinase and… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Suppression of Atherosclerosis in Cholesterol‐Fed Rabbits by Diltiazem Injection
The effects of diltiazem, a calcium antagonist, on the development of atherosclerosis were studied in Japanese white rabbits. The… 
Review
1985
Review
1985
Modulation of calcium channel function by drugs.
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
The interference of T cell activation by calcium channel blocking agents.
Calcium has been identified as having an important role as a transmembrane messenger in the activation signal for lymphocytes. To… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
The interaction of [3H]nitrendipine with receptors for calcium antagonists in the cerebral cortex and heart of rats.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Effect of nifedipine on bronchomotor tone and histamine reactivity in asthma.
it is difficult to explain how successful resuscitation is possible after 40 minutes' submersion.2 The reduced oxygen requirement… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Autoradiographic method for measuring the ischemic myocardium at risk: effects of verapamil on infarct size aftr experimental coronary artery occlusion.
Investigation of the efficacy of pharmacologic agents affecting myocardial infarct size after coronary artery occlusion is… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Calcium Antagonists and Islet Function: I. Inhibition of Insulin Release by Verapamil
Verapamil is a potent calcium antagonist known to inhibit excitation-contraction coupling in both myocardium and myometrium. Its… 
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