Endothelin-1 causes systemic vasodilatation in anaesthetised turtles (Trachemys scripta) through activation of ETB-receptors

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 3739-3746

  Skovgaard, Nini ^a   Warren, Daniel E ^a,b   Jackson, Donald C ^b   Wang, Tobias ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Blood pressure; Endothelin; ETA receptor; ETB receptor; Pulmonary circulation; Reptile; Systemic circulation; Trachemys; Turtle

Indexed keywords

BQ 610; ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR; N (2,6 DIMETHYLPIPERIDINOCARBONYL) 4 METHYLLEUCYL DEXTRO (1 METHOXYCARBONYLTRYPTOPHANYL) DEXTRO NORLEUCINE; N ACETYLENDOTHELIN 1 [6-21][11,15 ALANINE]; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TETRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TEZOSENTAN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; METABOLISM; TURTLE; VASODILATATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELINS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PIPERIDINES; PYRIDINES; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; STROKE VOLUME; TETRAZOLES; TURTLES; VASODILATION;

MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA;

EID: 27644599310     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01834     Document Type: Article

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