Cardiac, Vascular and other Smooth-muscle Actions of 5-Hydroxytryptamine: An Overview

Purdy, R. E.; Saxena, P. R.

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Cardiac, Vascular and other Smooth-muscle Actions of 5-Hydroxytryptamine: An Overview

R. E. Purdy⁵ &
P. R. Saxena⁶

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The session on the effects of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) on cardiac, vascular and other smooth muscle systems revealed a multiplicity of actions mediated through a variety of receptors.

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Department of Pharmacology and Cardiovascular Biology Group, University of California, Irvine, CA 92717, USA
R. E. Purdy
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Erasmus University Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
P. R. Saxena

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Department of Pharmacology, University of Sydney, Australia
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Baker Medical Research Institute, Prahran, Australia
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Department of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology, University of Adelaide, Australia
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Purdy, R.E., Saxena, P.R. (1989). Cardiac, Vascular and other Smooth-muscle Actions of 5-Hydroxytryptamine: An Overview. In: Mylecharane, E.J., Angus, J.A., de la Lande, I.S., Humphrey, P.P.A. (eds) Serotonin. Satellite Symposia of the IUPHAR 10th International Congress of Pharmacology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10114-6_20

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