Regulation of gastric motility at simulated high altitude in conscious rats

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 599-604

  Yoshimoto, Misa ^a   Sasaki, Mitsuko ^a   Naraki, Nobuo ^b   Mohri, Motohiko ^b   Miki, Kenju ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colonic motility; Hypoxia; Mountain sickness; Vagal nerve

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLON MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SIMULATION; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COLON; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HEART RATE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 3242719452     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01061.2003     Document Type: Article

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