Evidence that neurotensin mediates postprandial intestinal hyperemia in the python, Python regius

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Skovgaard, Nini ^a   Conlon, J Michael ^b   Wang, Tobias ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Heart rate; Mesenteric artery

Indexed keywords

NEUROTENSIN; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIGESTION; DRUG EFFECT; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HYPEREMIA; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYTHON REGIUS; SNAKE; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; VASODILATATION;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HYPEREMIA; INTESTINES; NEUROTENSIN; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; SNAKES; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; STROKE VOLUME; VASODILATION;

EID: 34548419213     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00256.2007     Document Type: Article

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