Spinal 5-HT2 receptor-mediated facilitation of pudendal nerve reflexes in the anaesthetized cat

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 150-154

  Danuser, Hansjorg ^a,b   Thor, Karl B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

5 HT receptors; DOI; External urethral sphincter; Hypogastric nerve; LY53857; Motor neurones; Pudendal nerve; Spinal cord; Sympathetic nervous system; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

1 ISOPROPYL 6 METHYLERGOLINE 8 CARBOXYLIC ACID 2 HYDROXY 1 METHYLPROPYL ESTER; 4 IODO 2,5 DIMETHOXYAMPHETAMINE; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN AGONIST; XYLAMIDINE; 4-IODO-2,5-DIMETHOXYPHENYLISOPROPYLAMINE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ERGOLINE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; SPINE; URINARY TRACT; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMPHETAMINES; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; CATS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ERGOLINES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; REFLEX; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030147277     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15378.x     Document Type: Article

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