Lack of correlation between the positive inotropic effect evoked by alpha-adrenoceptor stimulation and the levels of cyclic AMP and/or cyclic GMP in the isolated ventricle strip of the rabbit

J Mol Cell Cardiol. 1978 Mar;10(3):207-19. doi: 10.1016/0022-2828(78)90344-9.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cyclic AMP / analysis*
  • Cyclic GMP / analysis*
  • Female
  • Heart Ventricles / drug effects
  • Isoproterenol / pharmacology
  • Male
  • Myocardial Contraction* / drug effects
  • Myocardium / metabolism*
  • Papaverine / pharmacology
  • Phentolamine / pharmacology
  • Phenylephrine / pharmacology*
  • Pindolol / pharmacology
  • Rabbits
  • Receptors, Adrenergic / physiology*
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / physiology*
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / physiology*
  • Stimulation, Chemical

Substances

  • Receptors, Adrenergic
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta
  • Phenylephrine
  • Pindolol
  • Papaverine
  • Cyclic AMP
  • Cyclic GMP
  • Isoproterenol
  • Phentolamine