Differential relaxation and contractile responses of the human upper esophageal sphincter mediated by interplay of mucosal and deep mechanoreceptor activation

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Szczesniak, Michal M ^a   Fuentealba, Sergio E ^a   Burnett, Anthea ^a   Cook, Ian J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Esophagus; HCl; Lidocaine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; ACID; BACLOFEN; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AERATION; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REFLEX; SENSITIZATION; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BACLOFEN; BALLOON DILATATION; CHEMORECEPTORS; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, UPPER; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; HUMANS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; INSUFFLATION; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PERISTALSIS; PRESSURE; REFLEX;

EID: 42049097440     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00496.2007     Document Type: Article

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