A comparative study of postsynaptic α2-adrenoceptors of the dog mesenteric and rat femoral veins

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 360, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-170

  Paiva, M Q ^a   Morato, M ^a   Moura, D ^a   Guimaraes S ^a  

^a Faculdade de Medicina   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dog mesenteric vein; Phenoxybenzamine; Postjunctional 2 adrenoceptor subtype; Rat femoral vein; UK 14,304; (2A D) Adrenoceptor

Indexed keywords

2 (2 METHOXY 1,4 BENZODIOXAN 2 YL) 2 IMIDAZOLINE; 2 [[2 (2,6 DIMETHOXYPHENOXY)ETHYL]AMINOMETHYL] 1,4 BENZODIOXAN; 3',4' DIHYDROXY 2 METHYLPROPIOPHENONE; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BRIMONIDINE; IDAZOXAN; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PHENTOLAMINE; RAUWOLSCINE; SPIROXATRINE; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DOG; FEMORAL VEIN; MESENTERIC VEIN; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING;

EID: 0032875455     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002109900035     Document Type: Article

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