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Abstract
1 The cardiovascular responses to baclofen were investigated in anaesthetized rats. 2 Low doses of baclofen (less than 5 X 10(-8) mol), given intravenously, produced a transient fall in blood pressure and heart rate. Higher doses (greater than 5 X 10(-7) mol) produced a marked and prolonged increase in blood pressure accompanied by a rise in heart rate and cutaneous arterial dilatation. 3 The pressor and heart rate responses exhibited tachyphylaxis, and were abolished by hexamethonium, cervical cord section, reserpine-treatment and by a combination of alpha- and beta-adrenoceptor antagonists. 4 It is concluded that the increases in blood pressure and heart rate produced by high doses of baclofen are of central sympathetic origin.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 6108141 PMCID: PMC2044298 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1980.tb07914.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Pharmacol ISSN: 0007-1188 Impact factor: 8.739