Ouabain-induced increases in resting tone of human hyperplastic prostate following repeated noradrenaline and electrical field stimulation

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1716-1720

  Guh, Jih Hwa ^a   Ko, Feng Nien ^a   Chueh, Shih Chieh ^b   Lai, Ming Kuen ^b   Teng, Che Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Human prostate; Na+ pump; Na+ Ca+ exchange; Noradrenaline; Ouabain

Indexed keywords

5 (N ETHYL N ISOPROPYL)AMILORIDE; CALCIUM ION; NIFEDIPINE; NORADRENALIN; OUABAIN; PRAZOSIN; SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; SODIUM CELL LEVEL; SODIUM TRANSPORT;

EID: 0029940643     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15344.x     Document Type: Article

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