A reevaluation of the effects of stimulation of the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus on gastric motility in the rat

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Cruz, Maureen T ^a   Murphy, Erin C ^a   Sahibzada, Niaz ^a   Verbalis, Joseph G ^a   Gillis, Richard A ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonadrenergic noncholinergic; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BETHANECHOL; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYTOCIN; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STOMACH MOTILITY; STOMACH MUSCLE; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; ATROPINE DERIVATIVES; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BETHANECHOL; BLOOD PRESSURE; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEURONS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHOMBENCEPHALON; STOMACH; SUBSTANCE P; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 33846127812     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00863.2005     Document Type: Article

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