Blockade of nitrergic neuroeffector transmission in guinea-pig colon by a selective inhibitor of soluble guanylyl cyclase

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-95

  Olgart, C ^a   Hallen K ^a   Wiklund, N P ^a,b   Iversen, H H ^a   Gustafsson, L E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autonomic neurotransmission; Nitric oxide; ODQ; Smooth muscle relaxation; Soluble guanylyl cyclase

Indexed keywords

GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

ANIMALS; COLON; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NITRIC OXIDE; OXADIAZOLES; QUINOXALINES; SOLUBILITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031974172     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1998.0274f.x     Document Type: Article

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