The enhanced spontaneous activity of the diabetic colon is not the consequence of impaired inhibitory control mechanisms

Autonomic and Autacoid Pharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 149-158

  Forrest, A ^a   Parsons, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colon; Ilenm; Nitric oxide; Spontaneous activity; ST2 diabetic rat; Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ARGININE; ASCORBIC ACID; ATROPINE; CHYMOTRYPSIN A; CITRULLINE; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; OMEGA CONOTOXIN; STREPTOZOCIN; TETRODOTOXIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLON MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CITRULLINE; COLON; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; MALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NIFEDIPINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0347753358     PISSN: 14748665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-8673.2003.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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