Luteinizing hormone and human chorionic gonadotropin fragment the migrating myoelectric complex in rat small intestine

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-100

  Ducker, T E ^a   Boss, J W ^a   Altug, S A ^a   Mehrabian, H ^a   Dekeratry, D R ^a   Clench, M H ^a   Mathias, J R ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Human chorionic gonadotropin; Hypophysectomy; Intestinal motility; Luteinizing hormone; Migrating myoelectric complex

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; INTESTINE MOTILITY; JEJUNUM; MIGRATING MYOELECTRIC COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029895202     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.1996.tb00249.x     Document Type: Article

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