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T L Zefirov1, I I Khabibrakhmanov2, N I Ziyatdinova2
1Department of Human Health Protection, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan, the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. zefirovtl@mail.ru.
Abstract:
The study examined the effect of α1-adrenoceptor stimulation with methoxamine on chronotropic function of isolated heart perfused ex vivo according to Langendorff and cardiac chronotropy in vivo. Stimulation of α1-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 α1-adrenoceptor stimulation revealed unidirectional changes in cardiac chronotropy characterized with time-related peculiarities.
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