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dopamine

dopamine
Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (trade names Dopastat and Intropin) it is used to treat shock and hypotension

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    1. dopamine
    2. Identification of alternatives: dopamine.
    3. In foals dopamine is used in preference to dobutamine.
    4. Discussion of the specific advantages: required where dopamine and dobutamine are ineffective.
    5. Hence ephedrine, which causes noradrenaline release at the nerve endings, thereby increasing cardiac contractility and obtunding hypotension, is used when dobutamine and dopamine are ineffective.