Orchidectomy enhances the effects of phenylephrine in rat isolated portal vein

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 368-374

  De Souza Rossignoli, Patrícia ^a,b   Pereira, Oduvaldo Cm ^b   Chies, Agnaldo B ^a  

^a Laboratory of Pharmacology   (United States)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endothelin; Orchidectomy; Portal vein; Sympathomimetic; Testosterone; Vena cava

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; PHENYLEPHRINE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CAVA VEIN; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PORTAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PHENYLEPHRINE; PORTAL VEIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTOSTERONE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 77649105208     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2009.05313.x     Document Type: Article

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