Nitrergic regulation of colonic transit in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 2 40-2, 1999, Pages

  Mizuta, Yohei ^a   Takahashi, Toku ^a,b   Owyang, Chung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Descending relaxation; Geometric center; Giant contraction; N(G) nitro L arginine methyl ester; Phasic contraction

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLON MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; NONADRENERGIC NONCHOLINERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; STOMACH EMPTYING;

EID: 0032858466     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1999.277.2.g275     Document Type: Article

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