Myogenic and neurogenic factors in the control of pyeloureteral motility and ureteral peristalsis

Pharmacological Reviews

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 683-721

  Santicioli, Paolo ^a   Maggi, Carlo Alberto ^a  

^a Pharmacology Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; CROMAKALIM; FORSKOLIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; NIFEDIPINE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INHIBITION KINETICS; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; URETER FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; KIDNEY PELVIS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEUROPEPTIDES; PAIN; REFLEX; URETER;

EID: 0032414853     PISSN: 00316997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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