Colitis: It is not just for the colon anymore

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-186

  Linden, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Enteric nervous system; Inflammation; Inflammatory bowel disease; Neuroimmune interaction; Small intestine; Sympathetic nervous system; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ANTIBODY; AUTORECEPTOR; BARIUM; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PROSTAGLANDIN; TRINITROBENZENESULFONIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADRENERGIC NERVE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; COLITIS; COLON; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE MODEL; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NOTE; NUTRIENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SMALL INTESTINE; SMALL INTESTINE ABSORPTION; SPINAL REFLEX; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLON; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; RATS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0037592842     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705250     Document Type: Note

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