Pharmacology of synaptic transmission in the enteric nervous system

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 623-629

  Galligan, James J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GRANISETRON; HEXAMETHONIUM; MECAMYLAMINE; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ 2 RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ 3 RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ 3 RECEPTOR AGONIST; NEUROKININ A; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ONDANSETRON; OSANETANT; PURINE P2X RECEPTOR; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE 6 AZOPHENYL 2',4' DISULFONIC ACID; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 3 AGONIST; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; SUBSTANCE P; SURAMIN; TACHYKININ RECEPTOR; UNINDEXED DRUG; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT;

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036902330     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4892(02)00212-6     Document Type: Review

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