Changes in electrophysiological properties in the prostatic portion of vas deferens from spontaneously hypertensive rats

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 366, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 425-430

  Guitart, Mònica ^a   Jiménez, Marcel ^a   Giraldo, Jesús ^a   Goñalons, Eduard ^a   Badia, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Co transmission; Prostatic half; Purinergic neurotransmission; SHR; Vas deferens; WKY

Indexed keywords

ALPHA,BETA METHYLENEADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PRAZOSIN; SURAMIN; TETRODOTOXIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA,BETA-METHYLENEADENOSINE 5'-TRIPHOSPHATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; VAS DEFERENS; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTATE; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0036033629     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00210-002-0614-2     Document Type: Article

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