Nitrergic relaxation in urethral smooth muscle: Involvement of potassium channels and alternative redox forms of NO

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 364, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 516-523

  Costa, G ^a   Labadia A ^a   Triguero, D ^a   Jimenez E ^a   Garcia Pascual A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Nitrergic relaxation; Nitric oxide; Nitrosonium cation; Nitroxyl anion; NO donors; Potassium channels; S nitrosothiols; Urethra

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; 2 (4 CARBOXYPHENYL) 4,4,5,5 TETRAMETHYLIMIDAZOLINE 1 OXYL 3 OXIDE; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; 4H 8 BROMO 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[3,4 B]BENZ[B][1,4]OXAZIN 1 ONE; 8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; CHARYBDOTOXIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NITROSO DERIVATIVE; NS 2028; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZAPRINAST;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LAMB; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; URETHRA;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NITRERGIC NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SHEEP; URETHRA; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0035207093     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002100100480     Document Type: Article

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