Dale reaction


Schultz-Dale re·ac·tion

(shūlts dāl), the contraction of an excised intestinal loop (Schultz) or of an excised strip of virginal uterus (Dale) from a sensitized animal (for example, guinea pig) that occurs when the tissue is exposed to the specific antigen.

Dale reaction

(dal) [Sir Henry H. Dale, 1875–1968, Brit. scientist and Nobel Prize winner in 1936] A test formerly used to demonstrate the ability of muscle tissues from an anaphylactic organism to contract on re-exposure to the antigen. Synonym: Schultz reaction

Dale,

Sir Henry Hallett, English physiologist and Nobel laureate, 1875-1968. Dale reaction - Synonym(s): Schultz-Dale reactionDale-Feldberg law - an identical chemical transmitter is liberated at all the functional terminals of a single neuron.Schultz-Dale reaction - see under Schultz, Werner