Contraction and relaxation responses of femoral artery and aorta to norepinephrine in young rats

General Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1355-1359

  Fujimoto, S ^a   Itoh, T ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

B adrenoceptor; blood vessel; femoral artery; maturation

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BUCLADESINE; BUTOXAMINE; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE ACETATE; DESIPRAMINE; ISOPRENALINE; NORADRENALIN; PAPAVERINE; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PROPRANOLOL;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEMORAL ARTERY; MALE; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THORACIC AORTA; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; AORTA; ATENOLOL; BUTOXAMINE; FEMORAL ARTERY; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NOREPINEPHRINE; PROPRANOLOL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-1; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-2;

EID: 0030561354     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-3623(96)00078-X     Document Type: Article

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