NO/cyclic GMP pathway mediates the relaxation of feline lower oesophageal sphincter

Autonomic and Autacoid Pharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 159-166

  Jun, C H ^a   Lee, T S ^a   Sohn, U D ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CAMP; CGMP; Lower oesophageal sphincter; Nitric oxide; Relaxation; Vasoactive intestinal peptide

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; 6 ANILINO 5,8 QUINOLINEQUINONE; 9 (TETRAHYDRO 2 FURYL)ADENINE; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; LINSIDOMINE; METHYLENE BLUE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

AMINOQUINOLINES; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CATS; CYCLIC GMP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; MOLSIDOMINE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; OXADIAZOLES; QUINOXALINES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0347753357     PISSN: 14748665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-8673.2003.00291.x     Document Type: Article

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