Contractile responses to allergen and cholinergic stimulation in bronchus and trachea of cockroach allergen-sensitized guinea pigs

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 132-139

  Chen, Gang ^a   Zhou, Daohong ^a   Kim, Jin Tai ^a   Wu, Zhongxin ^a   Lee, Lu Yuan ^a   Kang, Bann C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Airway hyperreactivity; Airway smooth muscle contraction; Asthma; Cockroach allergen; Electrical field stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALLERGEN; MEPYRAMINE; TOMELUKAST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; COCKROACH; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GUINEA PIG; INSECT ALLERGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; TRACHEA;

ACETOPHENONES; ACETYLCHOLINE; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; BRONCHI; COCKROACHES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GUINEA PIGS; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PYRILAMINE; TETRAZOLES; TRACHEA;

EID: 0031860424     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023936     Document Type: Article

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