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  • Title: Comparison of the anticonstrictor action of dihydropyridines (nimodipine and nicardipine) and Mg2+ in isolated human cerebral arteries.
    Author: Alborch E, Salom JB, Perales AJ, Torregrosa G, Miranda FJ, Alabadí JA, Jover T.
    Journal: Eur J Pharmacol; 1992 Dec 08; 229(1):83-9. PubMed ID: 1473564.
    Abstract:
    The isometric tension recorded from ring segments of branches of human middle cerebral artery was the parameter used to study the inhibition of spasmogen-induced contractions as model for cerebral vasospasm. Concentration-response curves to 5-hydroxytryptamine (10(-9)-3 x 10(-5) M) and prostaglandin F2 alpha (10(-7)-3 x 10(-5) M) were inhibited in Ca(2+)-free medium and in Ca(2+)-free medium to which EGTA (1 mM) had been added, respectively. Nimodipine (10(-7), 10(-5) M), nicardipine (10(-7), 10(-5) M) and Mg2+ (magnesium sulfate 10(-4), 10(-2) M) inhibited the 5-HT-elicited contractions, and this inhibition was similar for the highest concentrations tested. In contrast, nimodipine and nicardipine were more effective than Mg2+ to inhibit the prostaglandin F2 alpha-elicited contractions. Nimodipine (10(-9)-10(-5) M), nicardipine (10(-9)-10(-5) M) and Mg2+ (10(-5)-3 x 10(-2) M) relaxed the arteries precontracted with PGF2 alpha (10(-5) M), but nicardipine was the most potent relaxant drug. Because 5-hydroxytryptamine and prostaglandin F2 alpha may be involved in the pathogenesis of cerebral vasospasm, nimodipine, nicardipine, and Mg2+ could be used in the pharmacological treatment of this disorder. However, dihydropyridines (particularly nicardipine) are more potent anticonstrictors than Mg2+.
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