Investigation of the influence of pregnancy on the role of nitric oxide in gastric emptying and non-adrenergic non-cholinergic relaxation in the rat

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 357, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 671-676

  Lefebvre, Romain A ^a   Smits, Geert J M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gastric emptying; Gastric fundus; Nitric oxide; Non adrenergic non cholinergic; Pregnancy; Pylorus; Rat

Indexed keywords

N(G) METHYLARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONADRENERGIC NONCHOLINERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PYLORUS; RAT; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH FUNDUS;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTRIC FUNDUS; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PYLORUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031834941     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005223     Document Type: Article

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