Serotonin One Possible Link between Oxygen Metabolism and the Regulation of Blood Flow in the Brain?

International Journal of Microcirculation-Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 143-146

  Gustafsson, Urban ^a   Sjoberg F ^b  

^a Clinical Research Center   (Sweden)

^b Hands and Plastic Surgery   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Hyperoxia; Microelectrode; Oxygen; Ritan serin; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; RITANSERIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN CIRCULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; RITANSERIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SWINE;

EID: 0030133072     PISSN: 01676865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000179164     Document Type: Article

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