Withdrawal of magnesium causes vasospasm while elevated magnesium produces relaxation of tone in cerebral arteries

The Concept of a Blood-Brain Barrier

General Pharmacology The Vascular System · 1980 · 792 citations

Medicine, Neurosurgery, Pharmacology +16

Magnesium Deficiency Produces Spasms of Coronary Arteries: Relationship to Etiology of Sudden Death Ischemic Heart Disease

Prasad Turlapaty, Burton M. Altura · Science · 1980 · 386 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Physiology +12

The Concept of a Blood-Brain Barrier

Jonathon S. Dunn · Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry · 1980 · 379 citations · Full text

Medicine, Neurosurgery, Pharmacology +16

Extracellular magnesium ions control calcium exchange and content of vascular smooth muscle

Prasad Turlapaty, Burton M. Altura · European Journal of Pharmacology · 1978 · 165 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Physiology +14

Differential effects of substrate depletion on drug-induced contractions of rabbit aorta

BM Altura, BT Altura · American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content · 1970 · 158 citations

Medicine, Pharmacology, Biochemical Pharmacology +5