MT2 melatonin receptors are present and functional in rat caudal artery

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 302, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1295-1302

  Masana, Monica I ^a   Doolen, Suzanne ^a   Ersahin, Cagatay ^a   Al Ghoul, Walid M ^b   Duckles, Sue Piper ^a   Dubocovich, Margarita L ^a   Krause, Diana N ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 PHENYL 2 ACETAMIDOTETRALINE; 4 PHENYL 2 PROPIONAMIDOTETRALINE; 6 CHLOROMELATONIN; LUZINDOLE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PHENYLEPHRINE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; TETRALIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; TAIL ARTERY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BASE SEQUENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MELATONIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036721503     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.302.3.1295     Document Type: Article

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