Melatonin mediates two distinct responses in vascular smooth muscle

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 345, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-69

  Doolen, Suzanne ^a   Krause, Diana N ^a   Dubocovich, Margarita L ^b   Duckles, Sue P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artery; Caudal; Melatonin receptor subtype; Pineal hormone; Rat

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; TETRALIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TARGET ORGAN; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; DRUG SYNERGISM; MALE; MELATONIN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALENES; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0032510504     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(98)00064-8     Document Type: Article

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