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Chapter-22 Drugs Acting on Sympathetic Nervous System

BOOK TITLE: Drug Screening Methods: Preclinical Evaluation of New Drugs

Author
1. Gupta Rachna
2. Agarwal Renu
3. Bhardwaj RK
ISBN
9788184486186
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10244_22
Edition
2/e
Publishing Year
2009
Pages
14
Author Affiliations
1. Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi (India), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029, India, University College of Medical Sciences, GTB Hospital, Shahdara, Delhi, India
3. Rutgers University, New Jersey, (USA), Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
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Abstract

Classical methods such as cat spleen model, rat blood pressure, cat model of nictitating membrane prolapsed, pithed rat model, rat heart and uterus model are available to evaluate sympathomimetic and sympatholytic drugs. Utilizing tissue organ bath system, rabbit pulmonary artery, rat seminal vesicle, rat vas deferens, cat splenic strip, guinea pig tracheal chain, guinea pig isolated heart, rat aorta, rat submaxillary tissue etc. tissue preparations can be made to evaluate drugs acting on sympathetic nervous system.

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