Capsaicin can abolish spontaneous tone in guinea-pig trachealis

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-81

  Skogvall, S ^a   Arner, A ^a   Grampp, W ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Airway smooth muscle; Arachidonic acid; Capsaicin; Indomethacin; NANC nerves; Prostaglandins; Spontaneous tone; Tachykinins

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; ATROPINE; CAPSAICIN; INDOMETACIN; NEUROKININ A; PHOSPHORAMIDON; PROPRANOLOL; PROSTAGLANDIN; TACHYKININ; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE FIBER C; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; SENSORY NERVE; TRACHEA MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ATROPINE; CAPSAICIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GLYCOPEPTIDES; GUINEA PIGS; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE TONUS; PROPRANOLOL; PROSTAGLANDINS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; TACHYKININS; TETRODOTOXIN; TRACHEA;

EID: 0031746220     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201x.1998.0339f.x     Document Type: Article

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