Intravesical resiniferatoxin desensitizes rat bladder sensory fibres without causing intense noxious excitation. A c-fos study

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 378, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-22

  Avelino, António ^a   Cruz, Francisco ^a,b   Coimbra, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bladder; Desensitization; Primary afferent; Resiniferatoxin; Vanilloid

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; RESINIFERATOXIN; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BLADDER IRRITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRAVESICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE;

ACETIC ACID; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVESICAL; ANIMALS; DITERPENES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; IRRITANTS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROTOXINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS V-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0032799138     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(99)00451-3     Document Type: Article

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