Pharmacological analysis of the activity of the adenosine uptake inhibitor, dipyridamole, on the sinoatrial and atrioventricular nodes of the guinea-pig

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 729-741

  Meester, B J ^a   Shankley, N P ^a   Welsh, N J ^a   Meijler, F L ^b   Black, J W ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adenosine receptor; Adenosine uptake; Atrioventricular node; Sinoatrial node

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE 5' (N ETHYLCARBOXAMIDE); ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; DIPYRIDAMOLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONOTROPISM; GUINEA PIG; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE;

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE-5'-(N-ETHYLCARBOXAMIDE); ANIMALS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DRUG SYNERGISM; GUINEA PIGS; HEART RATE; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P1; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 0031860287     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701892     Document Type: Article

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