Effects of castration and of testosterone replacement on α1-adrenoceptor subtypes in the rat vas deferens

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 471, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-155

  Campos, Marcelo ^a   De Lucena Morais, Paola ^a   Pupo, André S ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

(Rat); Castration; Testosterone; Vas deferens; 1 Adrenoceptor

Indexed keywords

2 [[2 (2,6 DIMETHOXYPHENOXY)ETHYL]AMINOMETHYL] 1,4 BENZODIOXAN; 8 [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] 8 AZASPIRO[4.5]DECANE 7,9 DIONE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR ALPHA(1B); ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHLOROETHYLCLONIDINE; CLONIDINE; DIOXANE DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NORADRENALIN; PHENTOLAMINE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PRAZOSIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TIME; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0038467359     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(03)01822-3     Document Type: Article

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