Comparison of contractile responses in isolated mouse aorta and pulmonary artery: Influence of strain and sex

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 820-826

  Knapp, Jörg ^a,c   Aleth, Susanne ^a,c   Balzer, Felix ^a   Gergs, Ulrich ^b   Schmitz, Wilhelm ^a   Neumann, Joachim ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c Interdisciplinary Center of Clinical Research IZKF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cantharidin; Force; Phasic contraction; Phenylephrine; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CANTHARIDIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE INHIBITOR; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE TARGETING; ISOLATED ARTERY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CANTHARIDIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PULMONARY ARTERY; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 33747751841     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.fjc.0000232062.80084.4f     Document Type: Article

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