In vitro contractility of stimulated and non-stimulated human gallbladder muscle

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-68

  Bird, N C ^a   Wegstapel, H ^a   Chess Williams, R ^b   Johnson, A G ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbachol; Cholecystokinin; Human gallbladder

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; CHOLECYSTOKININ OCTAPEPTIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLBLADDER CONTRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0030027184     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.1996.tb00243.x     Document Type: Article

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