Colonic electrical stimulation regulates colonic transit via the nitrergic pathway in rats

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 502-505

  Liu, Shi ^a   Chen, J D Z ^a,b,c  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Transneuronix   (United States)

^c GI Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonic electrical stimulation; Colonic transit; Electrical stimulation; Gastrointestinal motility; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENOLSULFONPHTHALEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANUS; ARTICLE; CATHETER; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEROSA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33645891146     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-3162-7     Document Type: Article

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