Nociceptin, an endogenous ligand for the ORL1 receptor, has vasodilator activity in the hindquarters vascular bed of the rat

Peptides

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 793-795

  Czapla, M A ^a   Champion, H C ^a   Kadowitz, P J ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hindquarters vascular bed; Nociceptin; ORL1 receptor; Orphanin FQ; Vasodilator responses

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HINDLIMB; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASODILATATION;

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HYDRAZINES; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; LIGANDS; MALE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0030794816     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(97)00014-4     Document Type: Article

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