Evidence of P(2Y)-purinoceptor mediated bladder neck smooth muscle post-contractile relaxation in the male mini-pig

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 181-184

  Tong, Yat Ching ^a   Hung, Ying Cho ^b   Cheng, Juei Tang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAINAN SIN LAU HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

innervation; non adrenergic non cholinergic nerve; urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

8 PHENYLTHEOPHYLLINE; ATROPINE; CHYMOTRYPSIN A; CIBACRON BLUE F3GA; GUANETHIDINE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PHENTOLAMINE; PROPRANOLOL; PURINE P24 RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE 6 AZOPHENYL 2',4' DISULFONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PURINE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLADDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SWINE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ATROPINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC; SWINE; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0030610225     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00212-7     Document Type: Article

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