Extraneuronal uptake inhibitor U-0521 decreases contractile responses in rat vas deferens

General Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 437-439

  Rice, Peter J ^a   Abraham, S Thomas ^a,b   Huang, Nuo Yu ^a,c   Doman, Rebecca J ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Rat; U 0521; Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

3',4' DIHYDROXY 2 METHYLPROPIOPHENONE; ADRENALIN; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; NEUROKININ A;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME INHIBITION; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VAS DEFERENS;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; EPINEPHRINE; ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEUROKININ A; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE INHIBITORS; PROPIOPHENONES; RATS; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0030749039     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-3623(96)00488-0     Document Type: Article

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