Opposite modulation of cotransmitter release in guinea-pig vas deferens: Increase of noradrenaline and decrease of ATP release by activation of prejunctional β-adrenoceptors

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 353, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 184-192

  Gonçalves, Jorge ^a,b   Bültmann, Ralph ^a   Driessen, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

ATP release; Cotransmission; Guinea pig vas deferens; Isoprenaline; Noradrenaline release; Prejunctional adrenoceptors

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ISOPRENALINE; NORADRENALIN; PRAZOSIN; PRESYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; PROPRANOLOL; PURINE RECEPTOR; RADIOISOTOPE; SURAMIN;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GUINEA PIG; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VAS DEFERENS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; GUINEA PIGS; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PRAZOSIN; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; TIME FACTORS; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0030034205     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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