Depletion and restoration of the putative photosensitive materials store yielding nitric oxide in the isolated mouse gastric fundus

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 290, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 768-773

  Büyükafşar, Kansu ^c   Demirel Yilmaz, Emine ^b   Göçmen, Cemil ^a   Dikmen, Atilla ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ATROPINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; N(G) NITROARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; N8 (IMINOETHYL)ORNITHINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; ORNITHINE DERIVATIVE; S NITROSOGLUTATHIONE; SODIUM NITRITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; STOMACH FUNDUS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; STOMACH; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0344848582     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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