Evidence that anandamide and EDHF act via different mechanisms in rat isolated mesenteric arteries

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1509-1511

  Plane, F ^a   Holland, M ^b   Waldron, G J ^a   Garland, C J ^a   Boyle, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anandamide; EDHF; Hyperpolarization; Smooth muscle relaxation

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONIST; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CHARYBDOTOXIN; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; IBERIOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

ANIMALS; APAMIN; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CANNABINOIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; PIPERIDINES; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RECEPTORS, DRUG; VASODILATION;

EID: 0030812043     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701361     Document Type: Article

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