Morphine potentiates dextromethorphan-induced vasodilation in rat superior mesenteric artery

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 486, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-65

  Inan, Saadet ^a   Tallarida, Ronald J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dextromethorphan; Mesenteric artery; Morphine; Synergism

Indexed keywords

DEXTROMETHORPHAN; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RECORDING; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0942277533     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2003.12.010     Document Type: Article

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