Contraction and relaxation of rabbit basilar artery by thiopental

C. E. Gross; P. W. Abel

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Contraction and relaxation of rabbit basilar artery by thiopental

C. E. Gross, P. W. Abel

Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience

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Abstract

Tension measurements were made on rabbit basilar artery segments to test the direct effect of thiopental on serotonin (5HT)- and norepinephrine (NE)-induced contraction. At concentrations of 3 x 10^-5M or greater, thiopental caused relaxation of NE-induced tension. Thiopental doses greater than 3 x 10^-4M had a similar relaxing effect on 5HT-induced contraction. However, thiopental doses below 3 x 10^-4M demonstrated an unexpected dose-dependent potentiation of the 5HT-induced contraction.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	433-435
Number of pages	3
Journal	Neurosurgery
Volume	17
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-198509000-00006
State	Published - Jan 1 1985

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Gross, C. E., & Abel, P. W. (1985). Contraction and relaxation of rabbit basilar artery by thiopental. Neurosurgery, 17(3), 433-435. https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-198509000-00006

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