Smooth muscle and purinergic contraction of the human, rabbit, rat, and mouse testicular capsule

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 473-480

  Banks, Frederick C L ^a   Knight, Gillian E ^a   Calvert, Robert C ^a   Turmaine, Mark ^a   Thompson, Cecil S ^a   Mikhailidis, Dimitri P ^a   Morgan, Robert J ^a   Burnstock, Geoffrey ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Male reproductive tract; Male sexual function; Neurotransmitters; Testis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA,BETA METHYLENEADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NORADRENALIN; PRAZOSIN; PURINE P2X1 RECEPTOR; PURINE P2X2 RECEPTOR; PURINE RECEPTOR; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE 6 AZOPHENYL 2',4' DISULFONIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TUNICA ALBUGINEA;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NOREPINEPHRINE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P1; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33144475970     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.105.044602     Document Type: Article

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