5-ht activates nitric oxide-generating neurons to stimulate chloride secretion in guinea pig distal colon

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 4 38-4, 1998, Pages

  Kuwahara, Atsukazu ^a   Kuramoto, Hirofumi ^b   Kadowaki, Makoto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c ASTELLAS PHARMA INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal; Ion transport; Serotonin; Short circuit current

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CHLORIDE; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SEROTONIN; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; COLON SECRETION; DESCENDING COLON; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GUINEA PIG; ION TRANSPORT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT;

EID: 0031754501     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1998.275.4.g829     Document Type: Article

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