Infusions of pressor agents selectively attenuate depressor responses to ACh in anesthetized dogs

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 1 40-1, 1996, Pages

  Nakahara, Tsutomu ^a   Ishii, Kunio ^a   Tanaka, Yoshio ^a   Nakayama, Koichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

blood pressure; cholinesterase; drug interaction; pressor response; sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

EID: 33750801098     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.271.1.h273     Document Type: Article

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