Local regulation of oviductal blood flow

General Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1303-1310

  García Pascual, Angeles ^a   Labadía, Alicia ^a   Triguero, Domingo ^a   Costa, Gonzalo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

autocrine regulation; neural control; oviduct; vascular

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; AUTACOID; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN 2; ENDOTHELIN 3; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR; ICOSANOID; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; PAPAVERINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SARAFOTOXIN S6C; SEROTONIN; SUBSTANCE P; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASOACTIVE AGENT; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ADRENERGIC FIBERS; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; ENDOTHELINS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0030561223     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-3623(96)00082-1     Document Type: Review

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