Role of sarcoplasmic reticulum in arterial contraction: comparison of ryanodines's effect in a conduit and a muscular artery.

T Ashida, J Schaeffer, WF Goldman, JB Wade… - Circulation …, 1988 - Am Heart Assoc
Ryanodine interferes with sarcoplasmic reticulum function in various types of muscle; in
vascular smooth muscle, it can inhibit contractions that depend on sarcoplasmic reticulum …

Role of endothelium in magnesium-induced relaxation of rat aorta.

AB Ebeigbe, CP Aloamaka - Research in Experimental medicine …, 1987 - europepmc.org
The role of endothelium in the relaxation of rat aortic smooth muscle to raised extracellular
magnesium concentration (Mg2+) o has been examined. Following contractile responses to …

Vasorelaxant effects of aqueous leaf extract of Tridax procumbens on aortic smooth muscle isolated from the rat

HM Salahdeen, BA Murtala - Journal of Smooth Muscle Research, 2012 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Tridax procumbens is commonly used in traditional medicine in southern part of Nigeria for
the treatment of hypertension. However, the mechanism of its antihypertensive properties …

Ryanodine: its possible mechanism of action in the caffeine-sensitive calcium store of smooth muscle

T Hisayama, I Takayanagi - Pflügers Archiv-European Journal of …, 1988 - Springer
The caffeine-sensitive intracellular Ca store was characterized and the mechanism of action
of ryanodine in the store was studied using K-depolarized guinea-pig taenia caecum.(1) …

Effects of the ethanolic stem bark extract of Pterocarpus erinaceus poir (Fabaceae) on some isolated smooth muscles

M Aliyu, B Chedi - Bayero Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2010 - ajol.info
EFFECTS OF THE ETHANOLIC STEM BARK EXTRACT OF PTEROCARPUS ERINACEUS
POIR (FABACEAE) ON SOME ISOLATED SMOOTH MUSCLES 34 Page 1 Bajopas Volume 3 …

A comparison of the effects of the calcium entry blockers, verapamil, diltiazem and flunarizine against contractions of the rat isolated aorta and portal vein

JF Marriott - British journal of pharmacology, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
1 The actions of the chemically distinct calcium entry blockers, verapamil (Ver), diltiazem
(Dlz) and flunarizine (Flu) have been compared in rat isolated aorta and portal vein. 2 KCl …

In vitro vascular effects of cicletanine in pregnancy‐induced hypertension

AB Ebeigbe, M Cabanie - British journal of pharmacology, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
1 The vascular effects of cicletanine have been studied in vitro on ring preparations of
inferior epigastric arteries from normotensive human females and human females with …

The contribution of calcium and potassium to the α-action of adrenaline on smooth muscle cells of the portal vein, pulmonary artery and taenia caeci of the guinea-pig

A Den Hertog, J Pielkenrood, R Ras… - European journal of …, 1984 - Elsevier
The role of calcium and potassium in the α-action of adrenaline in pulmonary artery and
portal vein was compared with that in taenia caeci by measuring changes in membrane …

[PDF][PDF] Mechanism by which serotonin attenuates contractile response of canine mesenteric arterial smooth muscle.

RS Moreland, C van Breemen, DF Bohr - Journal of Pharmacology and …, 1985 - Citeseer
We investigated the mechanism by which prior exposure to serotonin (5-HT) attenuates
contractile response to norepineph-ilne (NE) in dog mesenteric artery. Helically cut strips …

Smooth muscle contraction induced by Indigofera dendroides leaf extracts may involve calcium mobilization via potential sensitive channels

S Amos, L Binda, OF Kunle, I Okafor… - Phytotherapy …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The contractile effects of the aqueous extract of the leaves of Indigofera dendroides (ID)
were studied on the gastrointestinal motility in mice and isolated smooth muscle …