Effects of nerve stimulation on spontaneously active preparations of the guinea pig ureter

Urological Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 328-335

  Exintaris, B ^a   Lang, R J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Calcitonin gene related peptide; Capsaicin sensitive sensory nerves; Guinea pig upper urinary tract; Tachykinins; Ureteric peristalsis

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; MEN 10627; NEUROKININ A; NEUROPEPTIDE; SUBSTANCE P; TACHYKININ; TACHYKININ RECEPTOR AGONIST; THIORPHAN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GUINEA PIG; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; URETER PERISTALSIS; URINARY TRACT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; NEUROKININ A; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; SUBSTANCE P; TACHYKININS; THIORPHAN; URETER; URINARY TRACT PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0032696366     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002400050159     Document Type: Article

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