Evidence that inhibitory motor neurons of the guinea-pig small intestine exhibit fast excitatory synaptic potentials mediated via P(2X) receptors

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 266, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 169-172

  Johnson, Peter J ^a   Shum, Omar R ^a   Thornton, Peter D J ^a   Bornstein, Joel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fast excitatory postsynaptic potentials; Intestinal reflexes; Myenteric plexus; Nicotinic receptors; P(2X) receptors; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PURINE P2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; ILEUM; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2;

EID: 0033553596     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00275-X     Document Type: Article

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