Luminal nutrient signals for intestinal adaptation in pythons

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 283, Issue 6 46-6, 2002, Pages

  Secor, Stephen M ^a,b   Lane, John S ^a,c   Whang, Edward E ^a,d   Ashley, Stanley W ^a,d   Diamond, Jared ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digestive response; Intestinal hypertrophy; Intestinal nutrient transport; Regulatory mechanisms

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; LIPID; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE; BILE SECRETION; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTESTINE ADAPTATION; MEAL; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PANCREAS SECRETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMALL INTESTINE; SNAKE;

EID: 0036890454     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00194.2002     Document Type: Article

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