Relaxin restores altered ileal spontaneous contractions in dystrophic (mdx) mice

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1041, Issue , 2005, Pages 308-310

  Baccari, Maria Caterina ^a   Calamai, Franco ^a   Chiappini, Laura ^a   Vannucchi, Maria Giuliana ^a   Bani, Daniele ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Histology and Forensic Medicine ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Ileum; mdx; Motility; Muscle dystrophy; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; RELAXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HORMONE ACTION; ILEUM; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MOUSE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN;

EID: 23644455688     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1282.047     Document Type: Conference Paper

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