Involvement of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in nicotine-induced relaxation of the rat gastric fundus

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1105-1112

  Currò, Diego ^a   Preziosi, Paolo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nicotine; Non adrenergic non cholinergic (NANC) relaxation; Peptide histidine isoleucine (PHI); Rat gastric fundus; Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CALCIUM; HEXAMETHONIUM; NADOLOL; NICOTINE; PEPTIDE HISTIDINE ISOLEUCINE; PHENTOLAMINE; SEROTONIN; TETRODOTOXIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DESENSITIZATION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; STOMACH FUNDUS; STOMACH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; GASTRIC FUNDUS; IMMUNE SERA; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; NICOTINE; PEPTIDE PHI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0030738486     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701245     Document Type: Article

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