Effect of amezinium metilsulfate on the finger skin vasoconstrictor response to cold stimulation and venoconstrictor response to noradrenaline

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 824-828

  Harada, Kazuhiro ^a   Ohmori, Masami ^a   Fujimura, Akio ^a   Ohashi, Kyoichi ^b  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amezinium; Dorsal hand vein method; Laser Doppler, Midodrine; Vasoconstrictor response

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; AMEZINIUM METILSULFATE; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); MIDODRINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; VENOCONSTRICTION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; FINGERS; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; JAPAN; MALE; MIDODRINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PYRIDAZINES; SKIN; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0031775006     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.62.824     Document Type: Article

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