Tachykinin NK2 receptors and enhancement of cholinergic transmission in the inflamed rat colon: An in vivo motility study

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 133, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1107-1113

  Carini, F ^a   Lecci, A ^a   Tramontana, M ^a   Giuliani, S ^a   Maggi, C A ^a  

^a Menarini Ricerche SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atropine; Colitis; Compliance; Distension; Hexamethonium; Inflammation; L NAME; Muscarinic receptors; Nepadutant; Nicotinic receptors

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ATROPINE; HEXAMETHONIUM; IRRITANT AGENT; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NEPADUTANT; NEUROKININ 2 RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NEUROKININ A [4-10][8 BETA ALANINE]; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TACHYKININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; COLITIS; COLON MOTILITY; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; COLON; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HEXAMETHONIUM; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NEUROKININ A; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-2; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034894071     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704164     Document Type: Article

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