Excitatory transmission to the circular muscle of the guinea-pig ileum: Evidence for the involvement of cannabinoid CB1 receptors

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1363-1368

  Izzo, Angelo A ^a   Mascolo, Nicola ^a   Borrelli, Francesca ^a   Capasso, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anandamide; Cannabinoids; Intestinal motility; Myenteric plexus; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ANANDAMIDE; APAMIN; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NALOXONE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RIMONABANT; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONADRENERGIC NONCHOLINERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GUINEA PIGS; ILEUM; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECEPTORS, DRUG;

EID: 0031825768     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701964     Document Type: Article

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