Comparison of contractile responses relative to protein between isolated diabetic and non-diabetic rat aortae to KCl and α-adrenoceptor agonists in different extracellular calcium concentrations

Arzneimittel-Forschung/Drug Research

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1078-1083

  Nakasone, J ^a   Higuchi, M ^a   Miyagi, K ^a   Matsuzaki, T ^a   Noguchi, K ^a   Sakanashi, M ^a   Yamashiro, S ^a   Itomine, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetic rat aorta, contractile responsiveness, extracellular Ca2+ concentration; Adrenoceptor agonists

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; GLUCOSE; METHOXAMINE; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PRAZOSIN; PROTEIN; STREPTOZOCIN; YOHIMBINE;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT;

EID: 0034537730     PISSN: 00044172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1300344     Document Type: Article

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