Functional significance of muscarinic receptor expression within the proximal and distal rat vagina

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Basha, Maureen ^a,b   LaBelle, Edward F ^b   Northington, Gina M ^b   Wang, Tanchun ^a   Wein, Alan J ^b   Chacko, Samuel ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Female sexual response; Muscarinic receptor; Smooth muscle; Vagina

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; HEXAHYDROSILADIFENIDOL DERIVATIVE; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M3 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CARBACHOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INOSITOL PHOSPHATES; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M3; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VAGINA;

EID: 70449635641     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90516.2008     Document Type: Article

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