Is there a therapeutic role for agmatine?

Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-40

  Euler, David E ^a  

^a MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; IMIDAZOLINE I2 RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NORADRENALIN; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; YOHIMBINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL PROTECTION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EDITORIAL; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; REPERFUSION INJURY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

AGMATINE; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION;

EID: 33645057451     PISSN: 13028723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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