blocking agent in a sentence
Examples
- Blocking agents of the adrenoceptors alpha 1 / alpha 2 are typically used to treat the effects of the vasoconstriction associated with vascular claudication.
- The drug Brindley injected into his penis was a non-specific vasodilator, an alpha-blocking agent, and the mechanism of action was clearly corporal smooth muscle relaxation.
- In December, the SPCA filed 272 animal cruelty complaints against the kennel and Pelissier, alleging he used a neuromuscular blocking agent to kill dogs and cats.
- Among amphibians, administering a thyroid-blocking agent such as propylthiouracil ( PTU ) can prevent tadpoles from metamorphosing into frogs; in contrast, administering thyroxine will trigger metamorphosis.
- Dr . Cory's lab has developed Bcl2-blocking agents called BH3 mimetics, which, when paired with low-dose chemotherapy, have had positive results treating specific types of aggressive lymphoma s.
- If the blocking agent pans out, it will be the first medicine that stops infection using the variety of the virus that causes about half of all colds.
- Therefore, the desire to improve outcome of people with CRPC has resulted in the claims of increasing doses further or combination therapy with synergistic androgen signaling blocking agents.
- Binding of acetylcholine to receptors on the end-plate causes depolarization and contraction of the muscle fiber; non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents like pancuronium stop this binding from taking place.
- Additional blocking agents were found such as tolazoline in Switzerland and phenoxybenzamine in the United States, but like the ergot alkaloids they blocked only the smooth muscle excitatory receptors.
- Some conscious patients who are administered neuromuscular blocking agents such as succinylcholine may have low bispectral index scores; thus, the BIS may fail to detect consciousness in such patients.