[The mechanisms of the action of vasoactive intestinal peptide on rat tracheal smooth muscle]

MeSH terms

• Animals
• Atropine / pharmacology
• Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
• Electric Stimulation / methods
• Hexamethonium / pharmacology
• In Vitro Techniques
• Male
• Muscarinic Antagonists / pharmacology
• Muscle Contraction / drug effects
• Muscle Contraction / physiology
• Muscle, Smooth / drug effects*
• Muscle, Smooth / physiology
• Neurotransmitter Agents / pharmacology*
• Nicotinic Antagonists / pharmacology
• Rats
• Receptors, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / drug effects
• Receptors, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / physiology
• Time Factors
• Trachea / drug effects
• Trachea / physiology
• Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / pharmacology*