Vascular alpha-2 adrenoceptor function is decreased in rats with congestive heart failure

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 577-584

  Feng, Qing Ping ^c   Bergdahl, Anders ^b   Lu, Xiang Ru ^a   Sun, Xiang Ying ^a   Edvinsson, Lars ^b   Hedner, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

adrenergic receptors; catecholamines; clonidine; heart failure; myocardial infarction; rat; vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AZEPEXOLE; CLONIDINE; INDOMETACIN; PHENTOLAMINE; PROPRANOLOL; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; RAUWOLSCINE; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; AZEPINES; CLONIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; YOHIMBINE;

EID: 0029944611     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0008-6363(95)00238-3     Document Type: Article

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