Rho kinase inhibitors reduce neurally evoked contraction of the rat tail artery in vitro

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 854-861

  Yeoh, Melanie ^a   Brock, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

1 adrenoceptor; 2 adrenoceptor; Amperometry; Electrophysiology; Noradrenaline release; Rat tail artery; Rhokinase; Sympathetic nerve

Indexed keywords

2 [1 (3 AMIDINOTHIOPROPYL) 1H INDOL 3 YL] 3 (1 METHYL 1H INDOL 3 YL)MALEIMIDE; 4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; ADENOSINE DERIVATIVE; ALPHA,BETA METHYLENEADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FASUDIL; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR; PURINE P2 RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RHO KINASE INHIBITOR; SURAMIN;

AMPEROMETRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TAIL ARTERY;

1-(5-ISOQUINOLINESULFONYL)-2-METHYLPIPERAZINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; AMIDES; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CLONIDINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; IDAZOXAN; INDOLES; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRAZOSIN; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2; SURAMIN; TAIL; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 27744585617     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706377     Document Type: Article

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