Fictive oesophageal peristalsis evoked by activation of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in rat nucleus tractus solitarii

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 247-256

  Lu, W ^a,b   Zhang, M ^a,c   Neuman, R S ^a   Bieger, D ^a,d  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Motor pattern generator; Nucleus ambiguus; Oesophagus; Rhythmogenesis; Subnucleus centralis; Swallowing

Indexed keywords

CURARE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MUSCARINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SWALLOWING;

EID: 0030664681     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2982.1997.d01-60.x     Document Type: Article

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