Functional muscarinic cholinoceptors in the isolated canine ureter

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 367, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 348-352

  Tomiyama, Yoshitaka ^a   Wanajo, Isao ^a   Yamazaki, Yoshinobu ^a   Murakami, Makoto ^a   Kojima, Masami ^a   Shibata, Nobuo ^a  

^a KISSEI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbachol; Contraction; Dog; Muscarinic cholinoceptors; Relaxation; Ureter

Indexed keywords

4 DIPHENYLACETOXY 1 METHYLPIPERIDINE; ATROPINE; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; HIMBACINE; METHOCTRAMINE; METHYL IODIDE; MUSCARINIC AGENT; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MUSCARINIC M3 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MUSCARINIC M4 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M4 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PIRENZEPINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; URETER; URETER PERISTALSIS;

ANIMALS; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; URETER;

EID: 0038746874     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00210-003-0697-4     Document Type: Article

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