Calcium in sympathetic varicosities of mouse vas deferens during facilitation, augmentation and autoinhibition

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 502, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 521-536

  Brain, K L ^a   Bennett, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CLONIDINE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; NIFEDIPINE; OMEGA AGATOXIN; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA; RYANODINE; YOHIMBINE; AGATOXIN; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; NORADRENALIN; OMEGA AGATOXIN TK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VARICOSIS; VAS DEFERENS; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; EVOKED RESPONSE; KINETICS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; RESPONSE TIME; SYMPATHETIC VARICOSITY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADRENERGIC FIBERS; ANIMALS; AUTORECEPTORS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEURAL INHIBITION; NOREPINEPHRINE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; RYANODINE; SYMPATHOLYTICS; SYNAPSES; VAS DEFERENS; YOHIMBINE;

EID: 0030791169     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.521bj.x     Document Type: Article

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