“…Possible mechanisms for reducing cytosolic calcium would be inhibition of calcium influx through one or other of its membrane 'channels' or reduction of intracellular calcium release ). The influence of nitrovasodilators on calcium fluxes has been the subject of a number of studies (Haeusler & Thorens, 1975;Kreye, Baron, Lfith & Schmidt-Gayk, 1975;Zsoter, Henein & Wolchinsky, 1977;Hester, Weiss & Fry, 1979;Karaki, Hester & Weiss, 1980;Nakazawa & Imai, 1981;Ozaki, Shibata, Kitano, Matsumoto & Ishida, 1981;Itoh, Kuriyama & Ueno, 1983;Karaki, Nakagawa & Urakawa, 1984;Hester, 1985;Matlib, Dube, Millard, Lathrop, Baik, Sakai, Disalvo & Schwartz, 1985) with conflicting findings related possibly to differences in methodology and between different species studied. The influence of EDRF on calcium fluxes has not been studied previously.…”