Responsiveness of smooth muscle in the lower urinary tract of rabbits to various agonists

General Pharmacology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 629-631

  Sudoh, Katsumi ^a   Inagaki, Osamu ^a   Honda, Kazuo ^a  

^a Inst for Drug Discovery Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autacoid; Autonomic nervous system; Contraction; Lower urinary tract; Prostate; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CLONIDINE; HISTAMINE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DRUG MECHANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; URETHRA; URINARY TRACT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENERGIC AGONISTS; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; DINOPROST; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HISTAMINE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; RABBITS; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0030940849     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-3623(96)00292-3     Document Type: Article

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