Nitric oxide and ATP co-mediate the NANC relaxant response in the guinea-pig taenia caeci

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 358, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 496-499

  Bartho L ^a   Lenard Jr L ^a   Szigeti, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

N(G) nitro L arginine; Nitric oxide; P2 purinoceptors; PPADS; Taenia caeci (guinea pig)

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PURINE P2 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CECUM TENIA; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; NONADRENERGIC NONCHOLINERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; COLON; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROARGININE; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE;

EID: 0031683712     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005283     Document Type: Article

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