The mouse vas deferens: A pharmacological preparation sensitive to nociceptin

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 311, Issue 1, 1996, Pages

  Calò, Girolamo ^a   Rizzi, Anna ^a   Bogoni, Giovanni ^a   Neugebauer, Vitold ^b   Salvadori, Severo ^a   Guerrini, Remo ^a   Bianchi, Clementina ^a   Regoli, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Mouse; Nociceptin receptor; Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

N METHYL N [7 (1 PYRROLIDINYL) 1 OXASPIRO[4.5]DEC 8 YL]BENZENEACETAMIDE; NALOXONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NOCICEPTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0030571060     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(96)00563-8     Document Type: Article

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