Nitric oxide and release of the peptide VIP from parasympathetic terminals in the submandibular gland of the anaesthetized cat

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 349-359

  Edwards, A V ^a   Tobin, G ^b   Ekstrom J ^b   Bloom, S R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; SALIVA PROTEIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; LINGUAL NERVE; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SALIVATION; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0029900219     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.1996.sp003939     Document Type: Article

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