Contractile Function of the Mechanically Lengthened Intestine

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-12

  Mendoza, Julianne ^a   Chang, Chia yu ^c   Blalock, Carrie L ^b   Atkinson, James B ^a   Wu, Benjamin M ^b   Dunn, James C Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c Shin Kong Memorial Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

contractility; hypertrophy; intestinal lengthening; mechanical force; short bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; JEJUNUM; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; FEMALE; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; JEJUNUM; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; ORGAN SIZE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33750328962     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.01.027     Document Type: Article

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