Second-, minute- and hour-metronomes of intestinal pacemakers

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 857-861

  Bywater, Robert A R ^a   Spencer, Nick J ^a   Fida, Rose ^a   Taylor, Grahame S ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological clocks; Colon; Enteric nervous system; Mice; Neurotransmission; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIGESTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LARGE INTESTINE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; RODENT; SMALL INTESTINE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 0031708794     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1998.tb02167.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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