Reversible inhibition of contractions of mammalian cardiomyocytes and of smooth muscle by the protistan parasite Leishmania major

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 53-60

  Vaidyanathan, R ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine stimulation; Leishmania major; Leishmaniasis; Myoinhibitory; Nicotinic stimulation; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM ION; MYOINHIBITORY PEPTIDE; NICOTINE; OXYTOCIN; PEPTIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL CULTURE; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HEART CONTRACTION; ILEUM; INOTROPISM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MALE; MAMMAL CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TISSUE PREPARATION; UTERUS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NICOTINE; OXYTOCIN; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RATS; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; INVERTEBRATA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MAMMALIA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PROTISTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 27544469771     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.06.016     Document Type: Article

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