Ethanol counteraction of I1-imidazoline but not alpha-2 adrenergic receptor-mediated reduction in vascular resistance in conscious spontaneously hypertensive rats

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 288, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 455-462

  El Mas, Mahmoud M ^a   Abdel Rahman, Abdel A ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CORBADRINE; IMIDAZOLINE I1 RECEPTOR; RILMENIDINE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; DRUG RECEPTOR; IMIDAZOLINE RECEPTORS; OXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG INTERACTION; HEART RATE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ETHANOL; HEART RATE; MALE; NORDEFRIN; OXAZOLES; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; RECEPTORS, DRUG; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

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