Effects of the immunosuppressant cyclosporin A on neurotransmitter release from peripheral non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic nerves

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 356, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 398-403

  Kageyama, Masaaki ^a   Fujita, Hiromi ^a   Nakata, Katsuhiko ^a   Shirasawa, Eiichi ^a   Kanai, Atsushi ^b  

^a SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin A; Neurotransmitter release; Nicardipine; Rabbit iris sphincter muscle; Smooth muscle contraction; Substance P; Tachykininergic nerves; Voltage dependent Ca2+ channels

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CAPSAICIN; CARBACHOL; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; N BENZYL N2 [4 HYDROXY 1 [(1 METHYL 1H INDOL 3 YL)CARBONYL]PROLYL] N METHYL 3 (2 NAPHTHYL)ALANINAMIDE; NICARDIPINE; OMEGA AGATOXIN IVA; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SUBSTANCE P; SUBSTANCE P ANTAGONIST; TACHYKININ; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONADRENERGIC NONCHOLINERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SPHINCTER PUPILLAE MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ATROPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CAPSAICIN; CYCLOSPORINE; DIPEPTIDES; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INDOLES; IRIS; MALE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NERVE FIBERS; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 0030883647     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005068     Document Type: Article

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