Noradrenaline-induced depolarization is smaller in isobaric compared to isometric preparations of rat mesenteric small arteries

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 431, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 794-796

  Schubert, Rudolf ^b   Wesselman, Jos P M ^c   Nilsson, Holger ^a   Mulvany, Michael J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Membrane potential; Noradrenaline; Rat mesenteric small artery; Smooth muscle; Wall tension

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOGRAPHY; NOREPINEPHRINE; PRESSURE; RATS;

EID: 0030004503     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050068     Document Type: Article

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