The role of nitric oxide (NO) in the human pyloric sphincter

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 29, 1999, Pages 2999-3003

  Tomita, Ryouichi ^a   Tanjoh, Katsuhisa ^b   Fujisaki, Shigeru ^b   Fukuzawa, Masahiro ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Motility; Neurotransmitter; Nitric oxide; Non adrenergic non cholinergic inhibitory nerve; Pyloric sphincter muscle

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLORUS; SPHINCTER; STOMACH CANCER;

ADRENERGIC FIBERS; AGED; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; NITRIC OXIDE; PYLORIC ANTRUM;

EID: 0032695457     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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