Neurokinins induce relaxation of human pulmonary vessels through stimulation of endothelial NK1 receptors

H Mechiche, A Koroglu, L Candenas… - Journal of …, 2003 - journals.lww.com
The effects of neurokinins and neurokinin receptor selective agonists have been
investigated on human intralobar pulmonary vessels. Substance P (SP) and [Sar 9 Met (O 2) …

Modulation of cardiac activity by tachykinins in the rat substantia nigra

A Lessard, R Couture - British journal of pharmacology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The effects of tachykinin NK1, NK2 and NK3 receptor agonists and antagonists were
measured on blood pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR) after bilateral microinjection into the …

Characterization of the tachykinin receptors involved in spinal and supraspinal cardiovascular regulation

R Couture, P Picard, P Poulat… - Canadian journal of …, 1995 - cdnsciencepub.com
The pharmacological characterization of the tachykinin receptors involved in spinal and
supraspinal cardiovascular regulation is reviewed in this report. In conscious rats, substance …

Neurokinin receptors antagonists: old and new

D Jukic, N Rouissi, R Laprise, M Boussougou, D Regoli - Life sciences, 1991 - Elsevier
Four neurokinin anatagonists of different size have been used to counteract the myotropic
effects of substance P, neurokinin A and neurokinin B in isolated organs containing a single …

Peripheral effects of three novel non-peptide tachykinin NK1 receptor antagonists in the anaesthetized rat

E Cellier, C Fayolle, PA Hipskind, S Iyengar… - European journal of …, 1996 - Elsevier
Three novel non-peptide tachykinin NK1 receptor antagonists were assessed on the
transient fall in mean arterial blood pressure and the salivation induced by iv substance P …

Tachykinin receptor subtypes in the isolated guinea pig heart and their role in mediating responses to neurokinin A

Y Chang, DB Hoover, JC Hancock, FM Smith - Journal of Pharmacology and …, 2000 - ASPET
Selective tachykinin agonists were used to identify cardiac and coronary responses
mediated by specific tachykinin receptor subtypes in isolated, perfused guinea pig hearts …

Isolation and Charactrization of Neurokinin a Receptor cDNAs from Guinea-Pig Lung and Rabbit Pulmonary Artery

D Aharony, J Little, C Thomas, S Powell… - Journal of receptor …, 1994 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract cDNA clones for NK-2 receptors (NK-2R) were isolated from guinea-pig lung (GP1)
and rabbit pulmonary artery (Rpa) using a polymerase chain reaction based methodology …

Structure-activity study of neurokinins: antagonists for the neurokinin-2 receptor

S Dion, N Rouissi, F Nantel, D Jukic, NE Rhaleb… - Pharmacology, 1990 - karger.com
A series of 21 peptides were synthesized and tested in a variety of isolated organs in order
to determine their potential as neurokinin-2 (NK-2) antagonists. The peptides have been …

Characterization of responses to neurokinin A in the isolated perfused guinea pig heart

DB Hoover, Y Chang… - American Journal of …, 1998 - journals.physiology.org
Goals of this study were to identify and characterize effects of neurokinin A (NKA) in isolated
guinea pig hearts. Bradycardia, augmentation of ventricular contractions, and reduction of …

Endothelium-dependent relaxant effect of neurokinins on rabbit aorta is mediated by the NK1 receptor

A Rubino, H Thomann, JM Henlin, W Schilling… - European journal of …, 1992 - Elsevier
Several neurokinins, namely substance P, neurokinin A, neurokinin B,[β-Ala 8] neurokinin A-
(4–10) and senktide, were tested on noradrenaline-precontracted rabbit aortic rings to …