Transmitter characteristics of cutaneous, renal and skeletal muscle small arteries in the rat

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-166

  Tarasova, Olga ^a   Sjoblom Widfeldt N ^b   Nilsson, H ^c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adenosine triphosphate; Noradrenaline; Small arteries; Sympathetic neurotransmission

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NORADRENALIN; PHENOXYBENZAMINE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; MYOGRAPHY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RENAL ARTERY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL CIRCULATION; SKIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037320360     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.2003.01057.x     Document Type: Article

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