Evidence for the participation of calcium in non-genomic relaxations induced by androgenic steroids in rat vas deferens

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1242-1250

  Lafayette, S S L ^a,b   Vladimirova, I ^a,c   Garcez Do Carmo, L ^a   Monteforte, P T ^a   Caricati Neto, A ^a   Jurkiewicz, A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c BOGOMOLETZ INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Androgen; Calcium; Dihydrotestosterone; Non genomic action; Rat vas deferens

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; 6 ANILINO 5,8 QUINOLINEQUINONE; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CALCIUM; CHARYBDOTOXIN; CYCLIC GMP; FLUTAMIDE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; VAS DEFERENS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ANDROGENS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANDROSTERONE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CALCIUM; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; EPITHELIUM; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTOSTERONE; VAS DEFERENS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 40949090141     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjp.2008.18     Document Type: Article

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