Role of potassium channels in the GABA inhibitory action on the purinergic response to electrical field stimulation in rat isolated vas deferens

Pharmacy and Pharmacology Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 407-409

  Calderone, Vincenzo ^a   Baragatti, Barbara ^a   Rossi, Sara ^a   Nieri, Paola ^a   Martinotti, Enrica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; APAMIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; IBERIOTOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; PURINE RECEPTOR; TETRYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0032791167     PISSN: 14608081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/146080899128735072     Document Type: Article

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