Studies on the vasoconstrictor action of melatonin and putative melatonin receptor ligands in the tail artery of juvenile Wistar rats

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1299-1306

  Ting, K N ^a   Dunn, W R ^a   Davies, D J ^b   Sugden, D ^c   Delagrange, P ^d   Guardiola Lemaitre B ^d   Scalbert, E ^d   Wilson, V G ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

Author keywords

2 iodomelatonin; Melatonin; Melatonin analogues; Noradrenergic contractions; Rat tail artery; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

2 IODOMELATONIN; 6 CHLOROMELATONIN; 6 HYDROXYMELATONIN; AGOMELATINE; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRIMONIDINE; LIGAND; MELATONIN; MELATONIN DERIVATIVE; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; N ACETYLSEROTONIN; S 20242; S 20304; S 20932; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TAIL ARTERY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0030782650     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701511     Document Type: Article

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