Origin of rectal electric waves: Further study

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1626-1631

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a,b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Enteric plexus; Pacemaker; Pacesetter potentials; Rectum; Slow waves

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DROTAVERINE; PHENTOLAMINE; PROPRANOLOL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CELIAC PLEXUS; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DOG; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; GANGLIONECTOMY; NERVE PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; RECTUM;

EID: 0033436320     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02236219     Document Type: Article

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