Electrical and chemical control of smooth muscle activity of rabbit corpus cavernosum in vitro

Urology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 512-518

  Höppner, Christian K ^b   Stief, Christian G ^a   Jonas, Udo ^b   Mandrek, Kurt ^b   Noack, Thomas ^b   Golenhofen, Klaus ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CALCIUM CHANNEL; LINSIDOMINE; NIFEDIPINE; NORADRENALIN; PAPAVERINE; PHENTOLAMINE MESYLATE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROPRANOLOL; TETRYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; MALE; MECHANICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE;

EID: 0030249399     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(96)00218-X     Document Type: Article

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