Different actions in the rat prostatic and epididymal vas deferens of cyclopiazonic acid or ryanodine on noradrenaline-induced contractions

General Pharmacology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 271-278

  Amobi, N I B ^a   Smith, I C H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclopiazonic acid; Noradrenaline; Rat vas deferens; Ryanodine

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID; NIFEDIPINE; NORADRENALIN; RYANODINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RAT; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; VAS DEFERENS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; EPIDIDYMIS; INDOLES; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NIFEDIPINE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RYANODINE; VAS DEFERENS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032986128     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-3623(98)00209-2     Document Type: Article

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