Respiratory actions of vanilloid receptor agonists in the nucleus of the solitary tract: Comparison of resiniferatoxin with non-pungent agents and anandamide

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 919-927

  Geraghty, Dominic P ^a   Mazzone, Stuart B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

C fibre; Desensitization; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Tachykinins; Vanilloid

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; CAPSAICIN; OLVANIL; PHORBOL 12 PHENYLACETATE 13 MYRISTATE 20 HOMOVANILLATE; PHORBOL DERIVATIVE; RESINIFERATOXIN; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR; VANILLOID RECEPTOR AGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TIDAL VOLUME;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; DITERPENES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; PHORBOL ESTERS; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, DRUG; RESPIRATION; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; TIDAL VOLUME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036856246     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704931     Document Type: Article

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