Feline lower esophageal sphincter sling and circular muscles have different functional inhibitory neuronal responses

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  L'Heureux, Marie Claude ^a,b   Muinuddin, Ahmad ^a,b   Gaisano, Herbert Y ^a   Diamant, Nicholas E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Circular muscle; Nitric oxide; Sling muscle

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BETHANECHOL; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; FEMALE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INNERVATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ATROPINE; CATS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE;

EID: 33644796743     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00303.2005     Document Type: Article

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