Effects of blockade of α- and β-adrenoceptors and neuropeptide Y1 receptors, as well as brachial plexus blockade, on endothelium-dependent vasodilation in the human forearm

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 603-607

  Johansson, Kristina ^a   Eriksson, Mats ^a   Wahlqvist, Inger ^b   Von Zur Mühlen, Bengt ^a   Lind, Lars ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adrenoceptor blockade; adrenoceptor blockade; Blood flow; Endothelium; Neuropeptide Y; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y1 RECEPTOR; PHENTOLAMINE; PROPRANOLOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPEPTIDE Y RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NORMAL HUMAN; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE Y; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VASODILATION; HUMANS;

EID: 0036016627     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2002.03695.x     Document Type: Article

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