Rat gastroduodenal motility in vivo: Interaction of GABA and VIP in control of spontaneous relaxations

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 5 38-5, 1998, Pages

  Krantis, Anthony ^a   Mattar, Kamal ^a   Glasgow, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Vasoactive intestinal peptide; aminobutyric acid(A)

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; HOMOTAURINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; STOMACH ANTRUM;

EID: 0031791569     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1998.275.5.g897     Document Type: Article

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