Stimulation of α 2 adrenoceptors dilates the rat middle cerebral artery

Anesthesiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 82-90

  Bryan, Robert M ^a,b   Eichler, M Y ^a   Swafford, M W G ^a   Johnson, T D ^a   Suresh, M S ^a   Childres, W F ^a  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animals: rats; Artery: cerebral; Gases: nitric oxide; Heart: endothelium; Proteins: G proteins; Receptors: 2 adrenergic; Toxins: pertussis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BRIMONIDINE; DEXTRO ARGININE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; IDAZOXAN; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; RAUWOLSCINE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOTHELIUM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIOXANES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; IDAZOXAN; IMIDAZOLES; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; VASODILATION;

EID: 8944250218     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199607000-00012     Document Type: Article

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