The role of nitric oxide in ethanol-induced gastrointestinal dysfunction

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1618-1624

  Keshavarzian, Ali ^a   Jacyno, Mark ^b   Urban, Glenn ^b   Winship, Daniel ^b   Fields, Jeremy Z ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Esophagus; Ethanol; Motility; Nitric Oxide; Stomach

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STOMACH MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CARBACHOL; CATS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS; ETHANOL; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030471507     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01707.x     Document Type: Article

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