Nicotine potentiates the nitrergic relaxation responses of rabbit corpus cavernosum tissue via nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 558, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 172-178

  Bozkurt, Nihan Burul ^a   Vural, Ismail Mert ^b   Sarioglu, Yusuf ^b   Pekiner, Can ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

(Rabbit); Corpus cavernosum; Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; CARBACHOL; GUANETHIDINE; HEXAMETHONIUM CHLORIDE; INDOMETACIN; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ADRENERGIC NERVE CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE ENDING; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NICOTINE; NITRIC OXIDE; PENIS; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 33847287244     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.11.053     Document Type: Article

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