Nitric oxide regenerates the normal colonic peristaltic activity in mdx dystrophic mouse

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 9-12

  Azzena, Gian Battista ^a   Mancinelli, Rino ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; mdx mouse; Muscular dystrophy; Nitric oxide; Peristaltic activity; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLON MOTILITY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MOUSE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; COLON; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MDX; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PERISTALSIS;

EID: 0033548240     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00993-8     Document Type: Article

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