In depth pharmacological characterization of endothelin B receptors in the rat middle cerebral artery

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 314, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 69-72

  Szok, Delia ^a,b   Hansen Schwartz, Jacob ^a,c   Edvinsson, Lars ^a,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Endothelin receptors; Endothelins; Endothelium; In vitro pharmacology; Middle cerebral artery; Rats; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; 2 [[2 [[2 [[(HEXAHYDRO 1H AZEPIN 1 YL)CARBONYL]AMINO] 4 METHYLPENTANOYL]AMINO] 3 (1 METHYL 1H INDOL 3 YL)PROPIONYL]AMINO] 3 (2 PYRIDYL)PROPIONIC ACID; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR AGONIST; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; SARAFOTOXIN S6C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; AZEPINES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHARYBDOTOXIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENZYME INHIBITORS; INDOLES; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN B; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VIPER VENOMS;

EID: 0035856389     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)02293-5     Document Type: Article

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