Functional characterisation of α1-adrenoceptors in denervated rat vas deferens

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 72-78

  Campos, Marcelo ^a   De Lucena Morais, Paola ^a   Pupo, André S ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

1A Adrenoceptors; Denervation; Rat vas deferens

Indexed keywords

2 [[2 (2,6 DIMETHOXYPHENOXY)ETHYL]AMINOMETHYL] 1,4 BENZODIOXAN; 5 METHYLURAPIDIL; 8 [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] 8 AZASPIRO[4.5]DECANE 7,9 DIONE; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CHLOROETHYLCLONIDINE; COCAINE; INDORAMIN; NORADRENALIN; OXYMETAZOLINE; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PHENTOLAMINE; PRAZOSIN; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG COMPETITION; DRUG POTENCY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; VAS DEFERENS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXYMETAZOLINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0041658957     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00210-003-0770-z     Document Type: Article

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