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PMID: 13618557 Published · ppublish English Journal Article

A microbath.

British journal of pharmacology and chemotherapy ·Vol. 13 ·No. 4 ·1958-12-00 ·Pages 493-7

GADDUM JH, STEPHENSON RP

Abstract

A microbath, with a volume of less than 50 cubic millimetres, for testing the effects of drugs on small pieces of smooth muscle, is described. Drugs are applied automatically in any desired order and the record of their effects is amplified electrically. In this apparatus the response of small pieces of rat uterus to drugs is apt to be nearly all-or-none. Contractions of the muscle from a single ring of guinea-pig trachea were recorded. A fall of pH was found to reduce the effect of 5-hydroxytryptamine on this muscle while leaving the effects of tryptamine and acetylcholine unchanged.

Keywords
MUSCLES/effect of drugs on PHARMACOLOGY/apparatus and instruments
MeSH Terms
Acetylcholine Animals Guinea Pigs Muscle, Smooth Muscles/drug effects Pharmacology/instrumentation Rats Serotonin Trachea
Chemicals
Serotonin Acetylcholine
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
GADDUM J H
STEPHENSON R P
References (5)
5 references, click to expand
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Article Info
Journal
British journal of pharmacology and chemotherapy
Abbr.
Br J Pharmacol Chemother
ISSN
0366-0826
Published
1958-12-00
Pages
493-7
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
0154627
PMCID
PMC1481874
Subset
OM
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