Post-stimulus potentiation of transmission in pelvic ganglia enhances sympathetic dilatation of guinea-pig uterine artery in vitro

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 566, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 189-203

  Morris, Judy L ^a   Gibbins, Ian L ^a   Jobling, Phillip ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; CALCIUM ION; CAPSAICIN; HEXAMETHONIUM; MAGNESIUM ION; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NOLPITANTIUM; OSANETANT; SCOPOLAMINE; SURAMIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PELVIC NERVE; POST TETANIC POTENTIATION; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; UTERINE ARTERY; FIRING RATE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE STIMULATION; PELVIC GANGLION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GUINEA PIGS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PELVIS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UTERUS; VASODILATION;

EID: 22144459772     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.083493     Document Type: Article

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