Selective enhancement by an adenosine A1 receptor agonist of agents inducing contraction of the rat vas deferens

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 353, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 499-504

  Brownhill, V R ^a   Hourani, S M O ^a   Kitchen, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenosine 5' triphosphate; Adenosine receptors; Contraction; Noradrenaline; Purinoceptors; Rat vas deferens

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLSEROTONIN; 6 N CYCLOPENTYLADENOSINE; 8 CYCLOPENTYL 1,3 DIPROPYLXANTHINE; ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR AGONIST; ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA,BETA METHYLENEADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BEMESETRON; BRADYKININ; CARBACHOL; IMIPRAMINE; KETANSERIN; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PRAZOSIN; SEROTONIN; SPASMOGEN; TETRODOTOXIN; TYRAMINE;

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SELECTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0029932276     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00169168     Document Type: Article

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