The gaseous mediator, hydrogen sulphide, inhibits in vitro motor patterns in the human, rat and mouse colon and jejunum

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1306-1316

  Gallego, D ^a,c   Clave P ^a,c,d   Donovan, J ^e   Rahmati, R ^f   Grundy, D ^e   Jimenez M ^a,c   Beyak, M J ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d Fundacio de Gastroenterologia Dr F Vilardell   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cystathionine synthase; Cystathionine lyase; Gastrointestinal tract; Hydrogen sulphide; Potassium channels; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

APAMIN; CAPSAICIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PURINERGIC P2 RECEPTOR; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE 6 AZOPHENYL 2',4' DISULFONIC ACID; TETRODOTOXIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLON MOTILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; JEJUNUM; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

AGED; ANIMALS; COLON; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; JEJUNUM; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOELECTRIC COMPLEX, MIGRATING; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 56549129514     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2008.01201.x     Document Type: Article

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