Nitric oxide and the digestive system in mammals and non-mammalian vertebrates

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 965-974

  Schleiffer, René ^a   Raul, Francis ^a  

^a IRCAD   (France)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Digestive system; Mammals; Motility; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthases; Non mammalian vertebrates; Secretion; Water and electrolyte transport

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

BILE SECRETION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROLYTE TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MAMMAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND MESSENGER; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MAMMALS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0031406892     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(97)00026-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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