Influence of urocortin and corticotropin releasing factor on venous tone in conscious rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 510, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 107-111

  Abdelrahman, Aly M ^a,b   Lim, Su Lin ^a   Pang, Catherine C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Capacitance vessel; Corticotropin releasing factor; Mean arterial pressure; Mean circulatory filling pressure; Urocortin; Venous

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MECAMYLAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UROCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; GANGLION BLOCK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASODILATATION; VEIN TONE; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

EID: 14644388102     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2005.01.022     Document Type: Article

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