Oxytocin stimulates colonic motor activity in healthy women

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 233-240

  Ohlsson, B ^a,c   Ringstrom G ^b   Abrahamsson, H ^b   Simren M ^b   Bjornsson E S ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Department of Medicine ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colonic motility; Colonic sensitivity; Healthy women; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON; BAROSTAT; CATHETER; COLON MOTILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERFUSION; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING;

ADULT; COLON; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; OXYTOCIN;

EID: 2342508945     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2004.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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