Functional role of inducible nitric oxide synthase on mouse colonic motility

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 311, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-104

  Mancinelli, Rino ^a   Fabrizi, Assunta ^b   Vargiu, Romina ^a   Morrone, Luigi ^c   Bagetta, Giacinto ^c   Azzena, Gian Battista ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gut; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Intestinal motility; Nitric oxide; Peristalsis; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDINE DERIVATIVE; AMINOGUANIDINE; N [3 (AMINOMETHYL)BENZYL]ACETAMIDINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLON MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; INTESTINE MUSCLE; INTESTINE PRESSURE; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

AMIDINES; ANIMALS; BENZYLAMINES; COLON; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GUANIDINES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II;

EID: 0035964848     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)02156-5     Document Type: Article

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