Vanilloid receptors on capsaicin-sensitive sensory nerves mediate relaxation to methanandamide in the rat isolated mesenteric arterial bed and small mesenteric arteries

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 130, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1483-1488

  Ralevic, V ^a   Kendall, D A ^a   Randall, M D ^a   Zygmunt, P M ^b   Movahed, P ^b   Hogestatt E D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cannabinoids; Capsaicin; Methanandamide; Primary afferent nerves; Rat mesenteric arterial bed; Ruthenium red; Vanilloid receptors

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE[8-37]; CANNABINOID; CAPSAICIN; CAPSAZEPINE; METHANANDAMIDE; RUTHENIUM RED; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0033853422     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703456     Document Type: Article

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