Different roles of α2-adrenoceptor subtypes in non-pregnant and late-pregnant uterine contractility in vitro in the rat

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 311-318

  Gáspár, Róbert ^a   Gál, Adrienn ^a   Gálik, Márta ^a   Ducza, Eszter ^a   Minorics, Renáta ^a   Kolarovszki Sipiczki, Zoltán ^a   Klukovits, Anna ^a   Falkay, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

2 Adrenoceptors; cAMP; Pregnancy; Premature labour; Rat; Subtype selective antagonists; Uterus

Indexed keywords

2 (1 METHYL 2 ISOINDOLINYLMETHYL) 2 IMIDAZOLINE; 2 [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] 4,4 DIMETHYL 1,3(2H,4H) ISOQUINOLINEDIONE; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2B ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2C ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP; DOXAZOSIN; FORSKOLIN; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; NORADRENALIN; PROPRANOLOL; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SPIROXATRINE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AR-C239; DIOXANE DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; ISOINDOLE DERIVATIVE; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; MIFEPRISTONE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; SPIRO COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; LABOR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BREEDING; LABOR INDUCTION; METABOLISM; MYOMETRIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

RATTUS;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYCLIC AMP; DIOXANES; FEMALE; IMIDAZOLES; ISOINDOLES; ISOQUINOLINES; LABOR, INDUCED; MIFEPRISTONE; MYOMETRIUM; NOREPINEPHRINE; PIPERAZINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPIRO COMPOUNDS; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 34548480729     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2007.06.029     Document Type: Article

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