Attenuation of contractility in rat epididymal vas deferens by Rho kinase inhibitors

Autonomic and Autacoid Pharmacology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-181

  Amobi, N I B ^a   Chung, I P ^a   Smith, I C H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

, methylene ATP; HA 1077; High K+ o; LY 294002; ML 9; Noradrenaline; R59949; Rat vas deferens; RHC 80267; Wortmannin; Y 27632

Indexed keywords

1 (5 CHLORO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONYL)HEXAHYDRO 1H 1,4 DIAZEPINE; 1,6 HEXAMETHYLENEDICARBAMIC ACID BIS(CYCLOHEXANONE OXIME) ESTER; 2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; 3 [2 [4 (4,4' DIFLUOROBENZHYDRYLIDENE)PIPERIDINO]ETHYL] 2,3 DIHYDRO 2 THIOXO 4(1H) QUINAZOLINONE; 4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; CALCIUM ION; DESIPRAMINE; EGTAZIC ACID; FASUDIL; GENISTEIN; MEPACRINE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE INHIBITOR; NORADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN BITARTRATE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 INHIBITOR; PROPRANOLOL; PROTEIN KINASE C; PURINE P2X RECEPTOR; RHO KINASE; RHO KINASE INHIBITOR; WORTMANNIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPIDIDYMIS; IC 50; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; VAS DEFERENS;

1-(5-ISOQUINOLINESULFONYL)-2-METHYLPIPERAZINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMIDES; ANIMALS; AZEPINES; CALCIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EGTAZIC ACID; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN KINASE; NOREPINEPHRINE; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 33645286759     PISSN: 14748665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-8673.2006.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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