Centrally acting imidazolines stimulate vascular alpha 1A-adrenergic receptors in rat-tail artery

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4-6, 2006, Pages 645-657

  Kennedy, Wentsworth B ^a   Crane, Louis ^a   Gonzalez, Ramon R ^a   George, Oommen K ^b   Edwards, Lincoln P ^a,b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hahnemannian Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha 1 adrenergic receptor; Clonidine; Contraction; Imidazoline; Moxonidine; Rat tai artery

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR ALPHA(1A); ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CLONIDINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HARMAN; HARMINE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; MOXONIDINE; OXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PHENYLEPHRINE; RILMENIDINE;

ANIMAL; ARTERY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TAIL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CLONIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HARMINE; IMIDAZOLES; IMIDAZOLINES; MALE; OXAZOLES; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; TAIL; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 34347402720     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: 15736830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-006-9109-x     Document Type: Article

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