Permanent distal occlusion of middle cerebral artery in rat causes local increased ETB, 5-HT₁B and AT₁ receptor-mediated contractility downstream of occlusion

Marianne N P Rasmussen, Malene Hornbak, Stine S Larsen, Majid Sheykhzade, Lars Edvinsson

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Abstract

In response to experimental stroke, a characteristic functional and expressional upregulation of contractile G-protein-coupled receptors has been uncovered in the affected cerebral vasculature; however, the mechanism initiating this phenomenon remains unknown.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Vascular Research
Volume50
Issue number5
Pages (from-to)396-409
Number of pages14
ISSN1018-1172
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Animals
  • Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery
  • Male
  • Middle Cerebral Artery
  • Muscle Contraction
  • Myography
  • Rats
  • Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1
  • Receptor, Endothelin B
  • Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1B
  • Stroke
  • Vasoconstriction
  • Viper Venoms

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