A Rho-kinase inhibitor, Y-27632, reduces cholinergic contraction but not neurotransmitter release

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 550, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 155-161

  Fernandes, Lynette ^a   D'Aprile, Angela ^a   Self, Glenn ^a   McGuire, Melanie ^a   Sew, Tracey ^a   Henry, Peter ^a   Goldie, Roy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine release; Cholinergic nerve; Rho kinase; Smooth muscle contraction; Trachea

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GUINEA PIG; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; TRACHEA;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; CARBACHOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GUINEA PIGS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PYRIDINES; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; TRACHEA;

EID: 33750028548     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.08.018     Document Type: Article

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