Vasomotor effects of noradrenaline, acetylcholine, histamine, 5-hydroxytryptamine and bradykinin on snake (Trimeresurus flavoviridis) basilar arteries

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 478-483

  Yoshinaga, Narihiro ^a   Okuno, Tadatune ^a   Watanabe, Yutaka ^a   Matsumoto, Tsukasa ^a   Shiraishi, Mitsuya ^a   Obi, Takeshi ^b   Yabuki, Akira ^a   Miyamoto, Atsushi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Cerebral artery; Endothelial cells; Noradrenaline; Rattlesnake bradykinin; Reptile; Serotonin; Snake

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BRADYKININ; HISTAMINE; INDOMETACIN; KETANSERIN; METITEPINE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; PHENTOLAMINE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1 ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN 1 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2 ANTAGONIST;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; TRIMERESURUS FLAVOVIRIDIS;

EID: 34848867785     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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