… Abstract: The pharmacological characterization of the tachykinin receptors involved in
spinal and supraspinal cardiovascular regulation is reviewed in this report. In conscious rats, …

… Endothelium denuded blood vessel preparations have been developed for the pharmacological
testing of agonists and antagonists for each of the three tachykinin receptor types [11]. In …

… evidence for a regulatory function of tachykinins on the … tachykinin receptors in the
cardiovascular function of the VTA. Therefore, this study tested the hypothesis that tachykinin …

… peptides, probably partly because of the poor solubility of NKB in water and the absence of
selective ligands for the tachykinin receptor subtype. Recently, selective NKB receptor ligands…

… , respectively, on the cardiovascular and behavioral responses to … With the help of these
newly developed tachykinin receptor … generating an integrated cardiovascular and behavioral …

… The mammalian tachykinins, a family of peptides traditionally classified as neurotransmitters
… to convey receptor specificity to each of the three known mammalian tachykinin receptors, …

… the participation of tachykinins in disease … of tachykinins and NKRs to pathophysiological
control. We summarize the discovery, structure, and function of tachykinins and their receptors, …

… by a mechanism involving tachykinin receptors rather than by a non-specific suppression of
the cardiac pacemaker. Although tachykinin receptors were undetectable in the myocardium …

… It contributes to central cardiovascular regulation, to the control of motor activity and of the
rate of respiration. Its presence in the hypothalamus and in the pituitary gland suggests that it …

… population of NK 3 receptors that are believed to play a role in cardiovascular regulation.
However, there is some evidence to suggest that these receptors are not synaptically located in …