Responsiveness of human and guinea-pig isolated pulmonary arteries to α-agonists in-vitro

Pharmacy and Pharmacology Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 349-353

  Uchida, K ^a   Nagai, S ^a   Shimada, K ^a   Ohno, Y ^b   Kamikawa, Y ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; METHOXAMINE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNERVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TENSION;

EID: 0031868127     PISSN: 14608081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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