Evidence that tachykinins are the main NANC excitatory neurotransmitters in the guinea-pig common bile duct

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1703-1711

  Patacchini, Riccardo ^a   De Giorgio, Roberto ^b   Barthò, Lorand ^c   Barbara, Giovanni ^b   Corinaldesi, Roberto ^b   Maggi, Carlo Alberto ^a  

^a Menarini Ricerche SpA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

ATP; Biliary tract; Endogenous opioids; Guinea pig common bile duct; Nitric oxide; Tachykinin receptor antagonists; Tachykinin receptors; Tachykinins

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ATROPINE; CAPSAICIN; GUANETHIDINE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NALOXONE; NEPADUTANT; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ 2 RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; OPIATE; OSANETANT; PHYSALAEMIN[9 DEXTRO PROLINE SPIRO GAMMA LACTAM 10 LEUCINE 11 TRYPTOPHAN]; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PURINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PYRIDOXALPHOSPHATE 6 AZOPHENYL 2',4' DISULPHONIC ACID; TACHYKININ; TACHYKININ RECEPTOR; TACHYKININ RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; COMMON BILE DUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONADRENERGIC NONCHOLINERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; ATROPINE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMMON BILE DUCT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-2; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-3; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2; TACHYKININS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0031819319     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701999     Document Type: Article

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