Intrinsic nerve circuits of the gastrointestinal tract: Identification of drug targets

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 612-622

  Furness, John B ^a   Sanger, Gareth J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLIC GMP; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M3 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROKININ A; NEUROPEPTIDE GAMMA; NEUROPEPTIDE K; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PURINE P2X RECEPTOR; PURINE P2Y RECEPTOR; PURINE RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SUBSTANCE P; TACHYKININ; TACHYKININ RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS;

ACCURACY; CELL TYPE; DRUG TARGETING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; INTESTINE BLOOD FLOW; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE SECRETION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; INNERVATION; INTERNEURON; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0036903620     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4892(02)00219-9     Document Type: Review

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