...K. C. Lahive; J. W. Weiss; S. E. Weinberger 1. Sedatives such as the benzodiazepines and alcohol reduce upper airway muscle activity. We hypothesized that a sedating antihypertensive, α-methyldopa, might have similar effects. To investigate this hypothesis we studied the effect of α-methyldopa...

...M. A. Petty; W. De Jong 1. Opioid peptide involvement in the fall in blood pressure resulting from central α-receptor stimulation has been investigated. 2. In conscious renal hypertensive rats (two-kidney, one clip Goldblatt model), α-methyldopa (100 mg/kg intraperitoneally) produced a long-lasting...

...-hypertensive effects of drugs like clonidine, α-methyldopa and β-receptor-blocking agents may be related to their long-term effects on presynaptic adrenoceptors. © 1976 The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research Society 1976 clonidine α-methyldopa phenoxybenzamine presynaptic receptors...

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