| Literature DB >> 4046736 |
C Clô, C Muscari, B Tantini, C Pignatti, P Bernardi, C Ventura.
Abstract
In the isolated and perfused rat heart, the addition of morphine, methionine-enkephalin or leucine-enkephalin to the coronary perfusate, significantly reduces the mechanical activity by negatively affecting both the heart rate and the developed tension. These effects are dose dependent and maximally evident with leucine-enkephalin. Furthermore all the opioids strongly reduce the activity of isoproterenol-stimulated hearts. The suggestion is made that opioid peptides directly influence the cardiac mechanical activity possibly by interacting with membrane-receptor systems.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 4046736 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(85)90248-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Life Sci ISSN: 0024-3205 Impact factor: 5.037