ISSN:
1573-8221
Keywords:
smooth muscle of pulmonary artery
;
volt-ampere characteristic curves
;
muscle contraction
;
noradrenalin
;
phentolamine
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Muscle cells of the pulmonary artery have no spontaneous activity. Electrical stimulation of these cells leads to the formation of electronic potentials unaccompanied by any change in isometric contraction of a strip of the artery. Noradrenalin, in a concentration of 10−8 g/ml, causes depolarization of the muscle cell membrane by 5–7 mV and a marked increase in contraction of the muscle strip. Under these conditions, catelectronotonic depolarization was accompanied by contraction of the strip, but anelectrotonic hyperpolarization by its relaxation. Phentolamine, and α-adrenoblocker, prevents the noradrenalin effect, indicating a role of α-adrenoblockers in the mechanism of the excitatory action of noradrenalin on the smooth-muscle cells of the pulmonary artery.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00833141
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