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Neurotransmitter

Species

Tissue

Method

Reference(s)

Acetylcholine, ATP

Mouse

Urinary bladder

Electrically evoked contraction

Pertwee and Fernando 1996

Acetylcholine,NANC-transmitter

Mouse

Colon

Electrically evoked cholinergic and NANCpostsynaptic potentials

Storr et al. 2004

Acetylcholine

Guinea-pig Ileum

Electrically evoked contraction, acetylcholinerelease, cholinergic postsynaptic potentials

Pertwee et al. 1992, 1996b; Lopez-Redondo et al. 1997; Mang et al. 2001

Acetylcholine,NANC-transmitter

Guinea-pig Ileum

Electrically evoked contraction

Izzo et al. 1998

Acetylcholine

Man

Ileum

Electrically evoked contraction

Croci et al. 1998

Adenosine

Guinea-pig Ileum

Electrically evoked adenosine release

Begg et al. 2002

CGRP

Rat

Primary sensory neurons(cell culture)

Basal and capsaicin-evoked CGRP release

Ahluwalia et al. 2003

CGRP, substance P,somatostatin

Rat

Trachea

Capsaicin-evoked CGRP, substance Pand somatostatin release

Nemeth et al. 2003

CGRP

Rat

Hind paw skin

Capsaicin-evoked CGRP release

Richardson et al. 1998;Ellington et al. 2002

CGRP

Rat

Spinal cord slices

Electrically evoked CGRP release

Tognetto et al. 2001

CGRP, calcitonin gene-related peptide; NANC, non-adrenergic-non-cholinergic
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