β-Adrenergic Relaxation in Mesenteric Resistance Arteries of Spontaneously Hypertensive and Wistar-Kyoto Rats: The Role of Precontraction and Intracellular Ca2+

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-32

  Matthijs Blankesteijn, W ^a,c   Raat, Nicolaas J H ^b,c   Willems, Peter H G M ^b   Thien, Theo ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Forskolin; Intracellular ca2+ concentration; Isoprenaline; Mesenteric resistance arteries; Precontraction; Spontaneously hypertensive rats; adrenergic relaxation

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; FORSKOLIN; ISOPRENALINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL STIMULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; FORSKOLIN; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0029671197     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199601000-00005     Document Type: Article

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