A pharmacological and histochemical study of hamster urethra and the role of urothelium

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 655-662

  Pinna, Christian ^a,b   Ventura, Sabatino ^a   Puglisi, Lina ^b   Burnstock, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hamster urethra; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide synthase; Non adreneregic; Non cholinergic inhibitory system; Urothelium

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLTHIOADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ARGININE; ATROPINE; DEXTRO ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NORADRENALIN; PHENTOLAMINE; PROPRANOLOL; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SURAMIN; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HAMSTER; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; MICTURITION; NONADRENERGIC NONCHOLINERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; URETHRA; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 0029907520     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15723.x     Document Type: Article

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