Generation of nitric oxide in the opossum lower esophageal sphincter during physiological experimentation

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 223-229

  Lee, Se Joon ^a   Park, Hyojin ^a   Chang, Jin Hyuck ^a   Conklin, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lower esophageal sphincter; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; ANTIOXIDANT; BUFFER; CATALASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TISSUE; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATALASE; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, UPPER; FEMALE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; MUSCLES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OPOSSUMS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TIME FACTORS; TYROSINE;

EID: 33646194804     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: 05135796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2006.47.2.223     Document Type: Article

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