Actions of L-NAME and methylene blue on the hypotensive effects of clonidine and rilmenidine in the anesthetized rat

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 791-795

  De Moura, R Soares ^a,b   Leao M C ^a   Castro Resende, A ^a   Moreira, C F ^a   Sena, K M S ^a   Silveira, S S ^a   Lima, A F ^a   Nunes, F R ^a   Ferreira, A G Mesquita ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Centro Biomedico   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arterial blood pressure; Clonidine; L NAME; Methylene blue; Rilmenidine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CHLORALOSE; CLONIDINE; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; METHYLENE BLUE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; RILMENIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASODILATATION;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLONIDINE; CYCLIC GMP; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; OXAZOLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 12944254576     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-200005000-00017     Document Type: Article

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