Alpha-2 adrenergic receptors. Immunohistochemical localization and role in mediating inhibition of adrenergic RVLM presympathetic neurons by catecholamines and clonidine

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1995 Jul 12:763:541-51. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1995.tb32448.x.

Authors

R L Stornetta¹, D Huangfu, D L Rosin, K R Lynch, P G Guyenet

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908, USA.

PMID: 7677372
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1995.tb32448.x

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Blood Pressure / physiology
Brain / drug effects
Brain / metabolism
Catecholamines / pharmacology*
Clonidine / pharmacology*
Medulla Oblongata / cytology
Neurons / drug effects*
Neurons / metabolism
Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2 / metabolism*
Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2 / physiology
Sympathetic Nervous System / drug effects
Sympathetic Nervous System / metabolism

Substances

Catecholamines
Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2
Clonidine