Receptors
Understanding receptors will provide a better approach to treating heart failure
Published in Health and Medicine Week, October 18th, 2004
Scientists in the United States report, "Adrenergic receptors play a pivotal role in regulating cardiac function in response to a constantly changing environment. Altered alpha and beta adrenergic receptor signaling in vivo is associated with cardiac hypertrophy and failure."
L. Barki-Harrington and colleagues of Duke University Medical Center wrote, "[Our] review focuses on the different roles of adrenergic receptors in regulating cardiac function under normal and pathological conditions."
"Understanding the signaling mechanisms of...
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