Cardiac Adrenoceptors: Physiological and Pathophysiological Relevance

• Main Authors: Otto-Erich Brodde (Author), Heike Bruck (Author), Kirsten Leineweber (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Elsevier, 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Abstract.: At present, nine adrenoceptor (AR) subtypes have been identified: α1A-, α1B-, α1D-, α2A-, α2B-, α2C-, β1-, β2-, and β3AR. In the human heart, β1- and β2AR are the most powerful physiologic mechanism to acutely increase cardiac performance. Changes in βAR play an important role in chronic...