Activation and sensitisation of low and high threshold afferent fibres mediated by P2X receptors in the mouse urinary bladder
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- 1 June 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Journal of Physiology
- Vol. 541 (2) , 591-600
- https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2001.013469
Abstract
It has been proposed that extracellular ATP may be involved in visceral mechanosensory transduction by activating ligand-gated ion channels (P2X receptors). In this study, we have investigated the ef...Keywords
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