Effect of sildenafil, a phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor, on oesophageal peristalsis and lower oesophageal sphincter function in cats

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 325-331

  Zhang, X ^a   Tack, J ^a   Janssens, J ^a   Sifrim, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cat; Nitric oxide; Oesophageal motility; Sildenafil

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V; PLACEBO; SILDENAFIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SWALLOWING;

ANIMALS; CATS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; MALE; MANOMETRY; PERISTALSIS; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PRESSURE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0034796355     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2982.2001.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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