Partial nicotinic receptor blockade unmasks a modulatory role of nitric oxide on urethral striated neuromuscular transmission

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 98-110

  Garcia Pascual A ^a   Costa, G ^a   Labadia A ^a   Jimenez, E ^a   Triguero, D ^a   Rodriguez Veiga E ^a   Gonzalez Soriano J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Neuromuscular transmission; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Striated muscle; Urethra

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; ARGININE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; ISOPROTEIN; N(G) PROPYLARGININE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; HOMOGENATE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NERVE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOLEMMA; SHEEP; SKELETAL MUSCLE; URETHRA;

ANIMALS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SHEEP; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUBOCURARINE; URETHRA; URINARY TRACT PHYSIOLOGY;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 23744463834     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2005.05.004     Document Type: Article

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