Urocortin I is present in the enteric nervous system and exerts an excitatory effect via cholinergic and serotonergic pathways in the rat colon

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Kimura, Takazumi ^a,b   Amano, Tomofumi ^a   Uehara, Hirotsugu ^a   Ariga, Hajime ^a   Ishida, Tsuyoshi ^a   Torii, Akira ^b   Tajiri, Hisao ^b   Matsueda, Kei ^c   Yamato, Shigeru ^a  

^a 1 7 1 Kohnodai   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c National Saigata Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colon; CRF; Enteric nervous system; Urocortin

Indexed keywords

8 AMINO 7 CHLORO 1,4 BENZODIOXAN 5 CARBOXYLIC ACID 1 BUTYL 4 PIPERIDINYLMETHYL ESTER; ANTALARMIN; ASTRESSIN; ASTRESSIN2 B; ATROPINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; HEXAMETHONIUM; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; ONDANSETRON; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROCORTIN; UROCORTIN I;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE;

ANIMALS; ATROPINE; COLON; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DIOXANES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HEXAMETHONIUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; ONDANSETRON; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PIPERIDINES; PYRIMIDINES; PYRROLES; RATS; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN, 5-HT3; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN, 5-HT4; TETRODOTOXIN; UROCORTINS;

EID: 35348943311     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00066.2007     Document Type: Article

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