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The effect of age on β‐adrenoceptor activity in tracheal smooth muscle
Author(s) -
ÅBerg G.,
Adler G.,
Ericsson E.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
british journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.432
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1476-5381
pISSN - 0007-1188
DOI - 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1973.tb08173.x
Subject(s) - isoprenaline , stimulation , smooth muscle , beta adrenoceptor , guinea pig , adrenergic receptor , medicine , endocrinology , propranolol , muscle contraction , chemistry , anatomy , receptor
There was an age-related reduction of the sensitivity of rat and guinea-pig isolated tracheal smooth muscles to stimulation of beta-adrenoceptors, but the ability of tracheal smooth muscle to relax to isoprenaline was not completely lost.