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  • Title: Blockade by phentolamine of the potentiation of histamine-induced vasoconstriction caused by serotonin and methysergide in the rabbit ear artery.
    Author: Carroll PR, Morgans D, Glover WE.
    Journal: Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol; 1977; 4(1):43-8. PubMed ID: 884902.
    Abstract:
    1. In subconstrictor doses, both serotonin and methysergide potentiated the vasoconstrictor responses to histamine in the isolated artery of the rabbit ear. 2. In the presence of phentolamine (5 microgram/ml) the potentiating actions of serotonin and methysergide were significantly reduced. 3. This blocking action of phentolamine could be overcome by increasing the concentration of serotonin or by washing the preparation. 4. In arteries taken from rabbits pretreated with reserpine, serotonin still potentiated the response to histamine and phentolamine still blocked this potentiation. 5. The concentration of phentolamine required to block potentiation also blocked the direct constrictor response to serotonin. It did, however, produce a significantly greater blockade of the vasoconstrictor response to noradrenaline. 6. The results indicate that the action of phentolamine in blocking the vascular potentiation produced by serotonin and methysergide is not due to a blockade of alpha-receptors.
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