The role of antioxidant enzymes in the control of opossum sphincter of Oddi motility

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 5 35-5, 1997, Pages

  Cullen, Joseph J ^a,b   Herrmann, Brian M ^a   Thomas, Raymond M ^a   Fang, Shengyun ^a   Murray, Joseph A ^a   Ledlow, Amber ^a   Christensen, James ^a   Conklin, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Contractile activity; Enzyme activity; Immunostaining; Nitric oxide; Oxygen free radicals; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN RADICAL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; ODDI SPHINCTER; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030905995     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1997.272.5.g1050     Document Type: Article

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