Non-adrenergic non-cholinergic inhibition of gastrointestinal smooth muscle and its intracellular mechanism(s)

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-268

  Matsuda, Nilce Mitiko ^a   Miller, Steven M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteric nerves; Gastrointestinal motility; Non adrenergic non cholinergic; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEUROTENSIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADRENERGIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 77952557744     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: 14728206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2009.00761.x     Document Type: Review

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