Relative contribution of intracellular and extracellular Ca2+ to α2-adrenoceptor-mediated contractions of ovine pulmonary artery

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 219-225

  Sathishkumar, K ^a   Ross, Gracious R ^a   Prakash, Vellanki Ravi ^a   Mishra, Santosh K ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

2 adrenoceptors; Contraction; Guanfacine; Intracellular calcium; Pulmonary artery

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; EGTAZIC ACID; GUANFACINE; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RECEPTOR BINDING; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; GLYBURIDE; GUANFACINE; INDOLES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NIFEDIPINE; NUCLEOTIDES, CYCLIC; PULMONARY ARTERY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SHEEP; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33746345893     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: 10961186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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