Raised tone reveals purinergic-mediated responses to sympathetic nerve stimulation in the rat perfused mesenteric vascular bed

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 563, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 180-186

  Pakdeechote, Poungrat ^a   Rummery, Nicole M ^a   Ralevic, Vera ^a   Dunn, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1 adrenoceptor; ATP; Noradrenaline; P2X receptor; Perfused mesentery; Sympathetic nerve

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN 1; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; PRAZOSIN; PURINE P2X RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THROMBOXANE;

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

15-HYDROXY-11 ALPHA,9 ALPHA-(EPOXYMETHANO)PROSTA-5,13-DIENOIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENDOTHELIN-1; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; NOREPINEPHRINE; PRAZOSIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 34247133978     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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