Role of cyclooxygenase activation and prostaglandins in antigen-induced excitability changes of bronchial parasympathetic ganglia neurons

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 284, Issue 4 28-4, 2003, Pages

  Kajekar, Radhika ^a   Undem, Bradley J ^b   Myers, Allen C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchoconstriction; Ganglia; Guinea pig; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; OVALBUMIN; PIROXICAM; PROSTAGLANDIN D2; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROSTANOID;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GUINEA PIG; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN RELEASE; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0037379148     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00332.2002     Document Type: Article

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