Nitric oxide contracts longitudinal smooth muscle of opossum oesophagus via excitation-contraction coupling

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 536, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 133-140

  Zhang, Yong ^a   Paterson, William G ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOTEL DIEU HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; 9 ANTHROIC ACID; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CYCLIC GMP; DIETHYLENETRIAMINE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; NIFEDIPINE; NIFLUMIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TETRODOTOXIN; 1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; CALCIUM ACTIVATED CHLORIDE CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MICROELECTRODE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ANIMAL CELL; EC50; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CYCLIC GMP; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NIFEDIPINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROPRUSSIDE; OPOSSUMS; OXADIAZOLES; QUINOXALINES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TETRODOTOXIN; TRIAZENES;

EID: 0035476723     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2001.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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