The study examined the effect of alpha(1)-adrenoceptor stimulation with methoxamine on chronotropic function of isolated heart perfused ex vivo according to Langendorff and cardiac chronotropy in vivo. Stimulation of alpha(1)-adrenoceptors in isolated heart induced gradually developing bradycardia, which progressed during several minutes. Similar stimulation in vivo produced a short-term bradycardia probably terminated by the compensatory influences in the whole organism. Comparison of the data obtained in both experimental paradigms during alpha(1)-adrenoceptor stimulation revealed unidirectional changes in cardiac chronotropy characterized with time-related peculiarities.
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Jensen, Brian C.
O'Connell, Timothy D.
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Simpson, Paul C.
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VA Med Ctr, Div Cardiol, San Francisco, CA USA
Univ Calif San Francisco, Dept Med, Div Cardiol, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA
Univ N Carolina, Div Cardiol, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USAVA Med Ctr, Div Cardiol, San Francisco, CA USA
Jensen, Brian C.
O'Connell, Timothy D.
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Sanford Res Univ S Dakota, Cardiovasc Hlth Res Ctr, Sioux Falls, SD 57104 USAVA Med Ctr, Div Cardiol, San Francisco, CA USA
O'Connell, Timothy D.
Simpson, Paul C.
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