Endothelium-dependent sensory NANC vasodilatation: Involvement of ATP, CGRP and a possible NO store

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 310-316

  Kakuyama, Masahiro ^a   Vallance, Patrick ^a   Ahluwalia, Amrita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ATP; Calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP); Capsaicin; Nitric oxide; Soluble guanylyl cyclase

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLTHIOADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ARGININE METHYL ESTER; ATROPINE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE[8-37]; CAPSAICIN; GUANETHIDINE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; PURINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ISOLATED ARTERY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VASODILATATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NITRIC OXIDE; RABBITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE P; THIONUCLEOTIDES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VASODILATION;

EID: 0031985232     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701610     Document Type: Article

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