The vasocontractive action of norepinephrine and serotonin in deep arterioles of rat cerebral gray matter

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-142

  Takahashi, Ritsuko ^a   Sakai, Takeo ^a   Furuyama, Yasuhiko ^a   Kondo, Yoshiaki ^a   Inoue, Chiyoko N ^a   Onuma, Shoko ^a   Iinuma, Kazuie ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; In vitro microperfusion; Norepinephrine; Serotonin; Vasocontraction

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; RAT; VASCULARIZATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; WISTAR RAT;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0034136750     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.190.129     Document Type: Article

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