Nonadrenergic, noncholinergic inhibitory innervation in the longitudinal muscle of the rabbit portal vein

General Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 815-821

  Mutsukado, Yasushi ^a   Tsuru, Hiromichi ^a,b   Sasa, Masashi ^a   Kambe, Masayuki ^a   Yamakido, Michio ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ATP; NANC innervation; Nitric oxide; Rabbit portal vein

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INNERVATION; MUSCLE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONADRENERGIC NONCHOLINERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; PORTAL VEIN; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2; SURAMIN;

EID: 0030658993     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-3623(97)00024-4     Document Type: Article

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