Interstitial cells of Cajal are involved in the afferent limb of the rectoanal inhibitory reflex

Gut

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1107-1113

  De Lorijn, F ^b   De Jonge, W J ^a   Wedel, T ^c   Vanderwinden, J M ^c   Benninga, M A ^b   Boeckxstaens, G E ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANAL CANAL; ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MANOMETRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RECTUM; REFLEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 22644436369     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2004.051045     Document Type: Article

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