Pharmacological evidence of distinct oci‐adrenoceptor subtypes mediating the contraction of human prostatic urethra and peripheral artery

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 723-728

  Hatano, Akihiko ^a   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^a   Tamaki, Makoto ^a   Komeyama, Takeshi ^a   Koizumi, Takako ^a   Takeda, Masayuki ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 methyl urapidil; chlorethylclonidine; human artery; human urethra; phenylephrine induced contraction; prazosin; WB4101; 1 Adrenoceptor subtype

Indexed keywords

2 [[2 (2,6 DIMETHOXYPHENOXY)ETHYL]AMINOMETHYL] 1,4 BENZODIOXAN; 5 METHYLURAPIDIL; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 1A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 1B ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ATROPINE; CHLOROETHYLCLONIDINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRAZOSIN; PROPRANOLOL; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; URETHRA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; CLONIDINE; DIOXANES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMAN; IN VITRO; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHENYLEPHRINE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; URETHRA; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0028135058     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1994.tb17053.x     Document Type: Article

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