Damaging effects of the calcium paradox are reduced in isolated hearts from ethanol-dependent rats: Paradoxic effects of dihydropyridine drugs

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 765-771

  Guppy, Leon J ^a   Littleton, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bay K 8644; Calcium channels; Calcium paradox; Dependence; Ethanol; Heart; Nitrendipine; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; CREATINE KINASE; DIHYDROPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYOGLOBIN; NITRENDIPINE;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALCIUM PARADOX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT;

3-PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID, 1,4-DIHYDRO-2,6-DIMETHYL-5-NITRO-4-(2-(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL)-, METHYL ESTER; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DIHYDROPYRIDINES; ETHANOL; HEART; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; NITRENDIPINE; PERFUSION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032726373     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199912000-00001     Document Type: Article

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