The importance of androgen on noradrenergic responses of vas deferens isolated from acutely stressed rats

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 307-311

  Souza, M S S ^a   Pereira, O C M ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Androgen deprivation; Catecholamines; Denervation; Rat; Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANDROGEN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; METHOXAMINE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DENERVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0032843140     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/phrs.1999.0520     Document Type: Article

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