Increased intestinal muscle contractility and worm expulsion in nematode-infected mice

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 2 35-2, 1997, Pages

  Vallance, Bruce A ^a   Blennerhassett, Patricia A ^a   Collins, Stephen M ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

contraction; gastrointestinal motility; infection; inflammation; smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

MYELOPEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; WORM EXPULSION;

EID: 0030900344     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1997.272.2.g321     Document Type: Article

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