Role of N-, P- and Q-type voltage-gated calcium channels in transmitter release from sympathetic neurones in the mouse isolated vas deferens

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 393-398

  Waterman, Sally A ^a,b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agatoxin; Autonomic; Calcium channel; Conotoxin; Sympathetic; Transmitter release; Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA,BETA METHYLENEADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; OMEGA AGATOXIN IVA; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIC; PRAZOSIN; TETRODOTOXIN;

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; VAS DEFERENS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; MICE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0031027918     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0700948     Document Type: Article

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