Vagal ganglionic and nonadrenergic noncholinergic neurotransmission to the ferret lower oesophageal sphincter

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 30-36

  Smid, S D ^a   Blackshaw, L A ^a  

^a Matthew Roberts Laboratory   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ganglionic transmission; Inhibitory motorneurones; Lower oesophageal sphincter; Nitric oxide; PACAP; S Methyl L thiocitrulline; Vagus nerve; VIP

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; HEXAMETHONIUM; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE POLYPEPTIDE[6- 38]; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; N(G) NITROARGININE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; S METHYLTHIOCITRULLINE; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE[10- 28];

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FERRET; IN VITRO STUDY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONADRENERGIC NONCHOLINERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; FERRETS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS, EFFERENT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RECEPTORS, PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; RECEPTORS, PITUITARY HORMONE; RECEPTORS, VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0034727905     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1566-0702(00)00210-1     Document Type: Article

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