Is glandular formation of nitric oxide a prerequisite for muscarinic secretion of fructose in the guinea-pig seminal vesicle?

Urological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 433-438

  Ehrén, Ingrid ^a   Sjöstrand, Nils O ^b   Hammarström, Margareta ^a   Wiklund, N Peter ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cholinergic nerves; Glandular cells Nitric oxide; Secretion; Seminal vesicle

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GUINEA PIG; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL VESICLE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CARBACHOL; CYCLIC GMP; FRUCTOSE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; GUINEA PIGS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SEMINAL VESICLES;

EID: 6844254565     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01268862     Document Type: Article

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