| Literature DB >> 2934513 |
K Gradin, A Pettersson, T Hedner, B Persson.
Abstract
Chronic oral treatment (8 weeks) with the selective 5-hydroxytryptamine2 (5-HT2)-receptor blocking agent, ritanserin, did not reduce blood pressure in the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) during basal conditions or during stress (jet air). In pithed rats the pressor responses to 5-HT but not to phenylephrine or sympathetic stimulation of the sympathetic outflow were completely antagonized. These observations indirectly suggests that the 5-HT2-receptor blocking properties of the antihypertensive agent ketanserin cannot alone account for the antihypertensive effects in SHR that are observed during chronic treatment with this agent.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 2934513 DOI: 10.1007/bf01245975
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neural Transm Impact factor: 3.575