Decreased contractility of the left ventricle is induced by the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, but not by vagal stimulation in rats

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 257-270

  Takahashi, Hisayuki ^a   Maehara, Kazuhira ^a   Onuki, Norio ^a   Saito, Tomiyoshi ^a   Maruyama, Yukio ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Force frequency relationship; In situ Langendorff preparation; Vagal innervation density

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART PACING; HEART PRELOAD; HEART RATE; INOTROPISM; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS TONE; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY; VAGUS NERVE; WISTAR RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VAGUS NERVE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0037851764     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: 1348673X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.44.257     Document Type: Article

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