Effects of short- and long-term sympathectomy on vasoconstrictor responses of the rat mesenteric arterial bed

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1347-1354

  Ralevic, Vera ^a   Burnstock, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

6 hydroxydopamine; Denervation; Guanethidine; Noradrenaline; Rat mesenteric arteries; Sympathectomy

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CLONIDINE; ENDOTHELIN; GUANETHIDINE; METHOXAMINE; NORADRENALIN; OUABAIN; OXIDOPAMINE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; SEROTONIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION;

EID: 0029828953     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb16045.x     Document Type: Article

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