Buspirone, a 5-HT1A receptor agonist, dilates the perfused rat uterine vascular bed through α1-adrenoceptor blockade

General Pharmacology: The Vascular System

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 357-362

  Adeagbo, Ayotunde S O ^a   Kadavil, Elizabeth A ^a   Yousif, Mariam ^b   Oriowo, Mabayoje A ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

1 adrenoceptors; Buspirone; Uterine vascular bed; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; 8 [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] 8 AZASPIRO[4.5]DECANE 7,9 DIONE; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BUSPIRONE; CYANOPINDOLOL; N TERT BUTYL 3 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL] 2 PHENYLPROPIONAMIDE; NORADRENALIN; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRAZOSIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A AGONIST; SEROTONIN 1A ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; UTERUS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; BUSPIRONE; FEMALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYOMETRIUM; RATS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 0034443515     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-3623(01)00073-8     Document Type: Article

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