Increase in participation of vasoactive intestinal peptide in relaxation of the distal colon of Wistar rats with age

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 942-948

  Takeuchi, Tadayoshi ^a   Negoro, Tamotsu ^a   Yamaji, Michiru ^a   Yamazaki, Yasuko ^a   Fujita, Akikazu ^a   Nishio, Hideaki ^a   Takewaki, Tadashi ^b   Takatsuji, Koichi ^a   Hata, Fumiaki ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ageing; Charybdotoxin; NANC relaxation; Rat distal colon; VIP

Indexed keywords

CHARYBDOTOXIN; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

EID: 0033677457     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703643     Document Type: Article

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