Characterization of functional and morphological changes in a rat model of colitis induced by Trichinella spiralis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1432-1443

  Aulí, Mariona ^a   Fernández, Ester ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colitis; Contractility; Inflammation; iNOS

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; COLITIS; COLON MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; EPITHELIUM CELL; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ANIMALS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLON; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 22844439097     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-2858-4     Document Type: Article

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