ATP and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide relaxant responses in hamster isolated proximal urethra

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1069-1074

  Pinna, Christian ^b   Puglisi, Lina ^b   Burnstock, Geoffrey ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ATP; Hamster urethra; NO; VIP

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ARGIPRESSIN; ATROPINE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CHYMOTRYPSIN A; CIBACRON BLUE F3GA; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENTOLAMINE; PROPRANOLOL; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PYRIDOXALPHOSPHATE 6 AZOPHENYL 2',4' DISULPHONIC ACID; SURAMIN; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; HAMSTER; MALE; NONADRENERGIC NONCHOLINERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; URETHRA; UROTHELIUM;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CRICETINAE; DINOPROSTONE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; SURAMIN; TRIAZINES; URETHRA; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0031854476     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701908     Document Type: Article

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