ACTA Pharmaceutica Sciencia									
									
										2005 , Vol 47 , Num 3										
									
								
								
								 
											        			
											        			EFFECT OF NIFEDIPINE ON THE COLLAR-INDUCED INTIMAL THICKENING AND VASCULAR REACTIVITY CHANGES IN RABBITS 
											        			
											        			
											        			 
											        					
											        					Ege University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey 
											        			
											        		
		
											        														        			
																											        					
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											        				The positioning of a soft and nonocclusive silicon collar around the rabbit carotid artery induces intimal thickening and characteristic vascular reactivity changes. In the present study, we investigated whether the treatment with nifedipine, a dihydropyridine derivative calcium channel blocker (CCB) (40 mg/kg/day, p.o.), inhibit development of intimal thickening and accompanying vascular reactivity changes in this model. Neither intimal thickening nor vascular reactivity changes were effected by nifedipine treatment in this model. 
											        			
											        			
																											        			
											        			Keywords : 
											        				CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOKER, INTIMAL TICKENING, COLLAR, VASCULAR REACTIVITY 
											        				
											        														        	
			
	
	

