Relative pre- and postjunctional roles of noradrenaline and adenosine 5′-triphosphate as neurotransmitters of the sympathetic nerves of guinea-pig and mouse vas deferens

Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1985, Pages 929-946

  Stjarne L ^a   Astrand P ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA,BETA METHYLENEADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NORADRENALIN; PHENTOLAMINE MESYLATE; PRAZOSIN; RESERPINE; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL CELL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COMPARISON; DRUG RESPONSE; GUINEA PIG; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VAS DEFERENS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MICE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROTRANSMITTERS; NOREPINEPHRINE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0021917642     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(85)90155-1     Document Type: Article

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