Influence of a selective guanylate cyclase inhibitor, and of the contraction level, on nitrergic relaxations in the gastric fundus

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1439-1448

  Lefebvre, R A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gastric fundus; Guanylate cyclase; Long term electrical stimulation; Nerve derived hyperpolarizing factor; Nitrergic neurotransmission; ODQ; Rat

Indexed keywords

ARGININE METHYL ESTER; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STOMACH FUNDUS;

ANIMALS; CHYMOTRYPSIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GASTRIC FUNDUS; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; OXADIAZOLES; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031829639     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701992     Document Type: Article

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