Presence of cyclic nucleotide-gated channels in the rat urethra and their involvement in nerve-mediated nitrergic relaxation

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Triguero, Domingo ^a   Sancho, María ^a   García Flores, Marta ^a   García Pascual, Ángeles ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

cGMP; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; DILTIAZEM; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM ION; RETINAL LIKE CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; URETHRA;

EID: 70350724558     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00403.2009     Document Type: Article

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