Distribution and effects of PACAP, VIP, nitric oxide and GABA in the gut of the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1123-1134

  Olsson, Catharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Enteric nervous system; GABA; Gut motility; Immunohistochemistry; Nitric oxide; PACAP; VIP; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NEUROPEPTIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PACAP PROTEIN, XENOPUS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE FIBER; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STOMACH MUCOSA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GASTRIC MUCOSA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROPEPTIDES; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0036323464     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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