ATP and nitric oxide: Inhibitory NANC neurotransmitters in the longitudinal muscle-myenteric plexus preparation of the rat ileum

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 695-703

  Smits, Geert J M ^a   Lefebvre, Romain A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ATP; NANC transmission; Nitric oxide; Rat ileum

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ILEUM; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONADRENERGIC NONCHOLINERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

EID: 0030013188     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15456.x     Document Type: Article

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