Our recent study demonstrates the existence of previously unrecognized central nervous β-adrenoceptor (β-AR) mechanisms ... β-blockers may also act directly in the brain and that this action ...

β-blockers exert an antihypertensive effect via several mechanisms of action: central inhibition of sympathetic nervous system outflow, inhibition of the renin–angiotensin system by decreasing ...

Beta-blockers antagonize beta-1 and ... Stabilizing membranes decreases the propagation of action potentials. This is also the mechanism that local anesthetics work (lidocaine).

Beta blockers affect both of these mechanisms, according to the expert. In fact, a 2012 study published in the journal Sleep ...

One way or another, beta blockers are always in the news. Take, for instance, Los Angeles Chargers Head Coach Jim Harbaugh, who revealed in October that he's part of a growing group of Americans ...

What is the mechanism of action of ranolazine ... Ranolazine is considered for patients with angina that fail nitrates, beta-blockers and calcium channel blockers. Side effects are relatively ...