In vitro and in vivo effects of nitric oxide synthase inhibitors and nitric oxide inactivators on the South American opossum ileocolonic junction

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 245-252

  Matsuda, N M ^a   Feitosa Jr , R L ^a   Lemos, M C ^a   De Oliveira, R B ^a   Ballejo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Circular muscle relaxations; Ileocolonic junction; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide inactivators; Nitric oxide synthase inhibitors; Non adrenergic non cholinergic nerves; South American opossum

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROQUINONE; NICOTINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PYROGALLOL; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TETRODOTOXIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; ILEUM; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MUSCLE; INTESTINE PRESSURE; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NONADRENERGIC NONCHOLINERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

ANIMALS; COLON; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; ILEUM; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; OPOSSUMS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0031805242     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2982.1998.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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