Contribution of α-adrenoceptors to depolarization and contraction evoked by continuous asynchronous sympathetic nerve activity in rat tail artery

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1513-1521

  Brock, J A ^a   McLachlan, E M ^b   Rayner, S E ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ciguatoxin; Electrophysiology; Neuroeffector transmission; Noradrenaline; Postjunctional activity; Rat tail artery; adrenoceptors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ION; CIGUATOXIN; IDAZOXAN; NIFEDIPINE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRAZOSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TAIL ARTERY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0030947891     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701055     Document Type: Article

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