Control of arteriovenous anastomoses in rabbit ear model of digital perfusion

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 5 40-5, 1996, Pages

  Pollock, David C ^a   Li, Zhongyu ^a   Koman, L Andrew ^a   Gordon, E Stanley ^a   Smith, Thomas L ^a,b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

atipamezole; norepinephrine; phenylephrine; prazosin; terazosin; UK 14304; adrenergic receptors

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ATIPAMEZOLE; BRIMONIDINE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRAZOSIN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; TERAZOSIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EAR; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SKIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 33750712462     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.271.5.h2007     Document Type: Article

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