The adrenergic, cholinergic and NANC nerve-mediated contractions of the female rabbit bladder neck and proximal, medial and distal urethra

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1517-1524

  Deplanne, Valérie ^a   Palea, Stéfano ^a   Angel, Itzchak ^a  

^a SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

adrenoceptors; Bladder neck, rabbit; Cocaine; Electrical field stimulation; Muscarinic receptors; Non adrenergic, non cholinergic transmission; Urethra, rabbit

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVE; ATROPINE; COCAINE; PRAZOSIN; PURINE P2X RECEPTOR; TETRODOTOXIN; YOHIMBINE;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER INNERVATION; BLADDER NECK; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; NONADRENERGIC NONCHOLINERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TISSUE PERFUSION; URETHRA;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCAINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRAZOSIN; RABBITS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; YOHIMBINE;

EID: 0031943118     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701757     Document Type: Article

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