Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in the urinary tract

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 202, Issue , 2011, Pages 319-344

  Andersson, K E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Cholinergic nerves; Muscarinic receptor agonist; Muscarinic receptor antagonist; Prostate; Ureter; Urethra

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; DARIFENACIN; FESOTERODINE; MUSCARINIC AGENT; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M3 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M4 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OXYBUTYNIN; PLACEBO; PRAZOSIN; PROPANTHELINE BROMIDE; PROPIVERINE; SOLIFENACIN; TOLTERODINE; TROSPIUM CHLORIDE; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ARTICLE; BLADDER EMPTYING; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLURRED VISION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTIPATION; CYSTITIS; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LAMINA PROPRIA; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MEMORY DISORDER; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QT PROLONGATION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SIDE EFFECT; SYNAPTOSOME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TORSADE DES POINTES; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY TRACT; URINARY URGENCY; XEROSTOMIA; ANIMAL; BLADDER; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INNERVATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PROSTATE; REVIEW; URETER; URETHRA;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PROSTATE; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; URETER; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 79952241104     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16499-6_16     Document Type: Article

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