Alterations in ovine myometrial β-adrenergic cascade do not mediate tachyphylaxis to ritodrine

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 155-160

  Daftary, Ashi ^a,c   Chiao, Jye Ping ^b   Caritis, Steve N ^b  

^a DAVID GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Myometrium; Ritodrine; Tachyphylaxis; Adrenergic receptors

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; RITODRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SHEEP; TACHYPHYLAXIS; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ISOPROTERENOL; KINETICS; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MYOMETRIUM; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RITODRINE; SHEEP; TACHYPHYLAXIS; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0029946305     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767059609025417     Document Type: Article

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