Atracurium induced vasodilatation is not mediated by histamine in the isolated femoral artery of the rabbit

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 333-339

  De Jong, D M ^a,b   Hoogerwerf, N ^a,b   Scheffer, G J ^b   De Lange, J J ^b   Ros, H H ^b   Sipkema, P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atracurium; Endothelium; Histamine; Isolated artery; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATRACURIUM; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE RECEPTOR; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMORAL ARTERY; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTENSION; ISOLATED ARTERY; MALE; MAST CELL; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030054748     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003643-199607000-00005     Document Type: Article

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