Relaxation of guinea-pig trachea by sodium nitroprusside: Cyclic GMP and nitric oxide not involved

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 466-470

  Sadeghi Hashjin, Gudarz ^a   Folkerts, Gert ^a   Henricks, Paul A J ^a   Van De Loo, Peet G F ^a   Dik, Ilse E M ^a   Nijkamp, Frans P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cyclic GMP; Guanlyate cyclase; Methylene blue; Nitric oxide; Nitrovasodilators; Sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP; ISOPRENALINE; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PERIPHERAL VASODILATING AGENT; ZAPRINAST;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; TRACHEA; TRACHEA MUSCLE;

EID: 0029927289     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15426.x     Document Type: Article

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