Altered hypothalamic cholinergic responses in patients with nonulcer dyspepsia: A study of pyridostigmine-stimulated growth hormone release

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1937-1940

  Dinan, T G ^a,c   Scott, L V ^a   Brady, D ^b   McNamara, D ^b   Keeling, P W N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; STOMACH MOTILITY; STOMACH ULCER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GROWTH HORMONE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE; SECRETORY RATE;

EID: 0036677470     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(02)04260-0     Document Type: Article

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