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Noradrenaline and adrenaline (via beta-receptors), adenosine, and prostacyclin all relaxed inner more than outer muscle in coronary arteries contracted by histamine. In submaximal concentrations, noradrenaline, and usually the other dilator hormones, produced proportionately even greater relaxation of inner than outer muscle. Inner and outer strips contracted by 5-hydroxytryptamine showed similar but smaller differences in response to noradrenaline. Outer strips contracted by methacholine were little affected by noradrenaline, though inorganic nitrite relaxed them.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/0014-2999(83)90347-3

Type

Journal article

Journal

Eur J Pharmacol

Publication Date

18/02/1983

Volume

87

Pages

327 - 330

Keywords

Adenosine, Animals, Cattle, Coronary Vessels, Epinephrine, Epoprostenol, Histamine, In Vitro Techniques, Muscle Contraction, Muscle, Smooth, Vascular, Norepinephrine, Sodium Nitrite, Vasodilator Agents