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Receptor changes in cerebral arteries after subarachnoid haemorrhage.
Acta neurologica Scandinavica - 1 Jan 2004
Hansen-Schwartz Jacob
Abstract excerpt
Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH), occurring with a delay of 4-10 days is linked to cerebral vasospasm (CVS), a pathological constriction of the cerebral arteries. Several agents have been suggested as being responsible - amongst these perhaps 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and endothelin-1 (ET-1) are the most prominent, given their ability to elicit powerful constriction of arteries. Investigating both 5-HT and ET...
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