Electrophysiological characteristics of submucosal neurones in the proximal colon of guinea-pigs: Comparisons with caecum and descending colon

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 859-870

  Cunningham, Shauna M C ^a,c   Hirai, Keiji ^b   Mihara, Satoshi ^a   Lees, Gordon M ^c  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CECUM; COLON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; INNERVATION; LARGE INTESTINE; MALE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; CECUM; COLON; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; INTESTINE, LARGE; MALE; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; REACTION TIME; SUBMUCOUS PLEXUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031230288     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.1997.sp004069     Document Type: Article

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