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Comparison of the alpha-adrenergic agonists, phenylephrine and methoxamine in rabbit papillary muscles.

Siegl Pk, McNeill Jh

PubMed, Vol. 30, Issue 2, pp. 221–31 (1980)

PMID: 6255520
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Abstract

The positive inotropic effects of the alpha-adrenergic agonists, phenylephrine and methoxamine were compared in isolated rabbit papillary muscles. Phenylephrine in the presence of 10(-7)M propranolol produced a greater response than methoxamine. Antagonism by phentolamine was competitive for phenylephrine and apparently, noncompetitive for methoxamine. Based upon observed maximum following frequencies, 10(-4)M methoxamine had a greater cardiac depressant effect than 10(-4) phenylephrine. It was suggested that phenylephrine with a beta-adrenergic antagonist possessed advantages over methoxamine as an agonist for studying cardiac alpha-adrenergic receptors in rabbit papillary muscles.

Topics

Pharmacological Effects and Assays 1.00 Ion channel regulation and function 0.98 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology 0.97

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Subfield: Animal Science and Zoology

Keywords

Methoxamine,Phenylephrine,Phentolamine,Propranolol,Agonist,Internal medicine,Endocrinology,Antagonist,Medicine,Chemistry

MeSH Terms

AnimalsAnimalsAnimalsFemaleFemaleFemaleMaleMale

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  • Good health and well-being (0.53)

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