Calcitonin gene-related peptide and substance P induce pronounced motor effects in the female rat urethra in vivo

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 275-280

  Radziszewski, Piotr ^a   Soller, Wolfgang ^b   Mattiasson, Anders ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calcitonin gene related peptide; Neuropeptides; Rat; Substance P; Urethral relaxation

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE[8-37]; SUBSTANCE P;

ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; URETHRA PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MIOTICS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PARALYSIS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANCE P; URETHRA;

EID: 0141728365     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590310004761     Document Type: Article

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