Release of nitric oxide in the central nervous system mediates tonic and phasic contraction of the cat lower oesophageal sphincter

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 401-407

  Beyak, M J ^a   Collman, P I ^a   Xue, S ^a   Valdez, D T ^a   Diamant, N E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus; Lower oesophageal sphincter; Nitric oxide; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

N(G) METHYL DEXTRO ARGININE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; URETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; CATS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEGLUTITION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; PERISTALSIS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0037699306     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2982.2003.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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