Evidence for an apamin-sensitive, but not purinergic, component in the nonadrenergic noncholinergic relaxation of the rat gastric fundus

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 785-793

  Currò, Diego ^a   De Marco, Teresina ^a   Preziosi, Paolo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP); Carbon monoxide (CO); Nitric oxide (NO); Nonadrenergic noncholinergic (NANC) relaxation; Rat gastric fundus; Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; APAMIN; ATROPINE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHYMOTRYPSIN A; GUANETHIDINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE 6 AZOPHENYL 2',4' DISULFONIC ACID; SURAMIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBODY;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOMACH FUNDUS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; APAMIN; CARBON MONOXIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GASTRIC FUNDUS; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC;

EID: 10044222143     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705993     Document Type: Article

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