Cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptors regulate colonic propulsion by acting at motor neurons within the ascending motor pathways in mouse colon

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Sibaev, Andrei ^a,b   Yüce, Birol ^a,b   Kemmer, Markus ^a,b   Van Nassauw, Luc ^c   Broedl, Ulli ^a   Allescher, Hans D ^a   Göke, Burkhard ^a   Timmermans, Jean Pierre ^c   Storr, Martin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Enteric nervous system; Peristaltic reflex

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; CALRETININ; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; PERIPHERIN; RIMONABANT; SEROTONIN; ATROPINE; BENZOXAZINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HEXAMETHONIUM; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNEURON; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; COLON; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GENETICS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INNERVATION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PERISTALSIS; REFLEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; BENZOXAZINES; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; COLON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HEXAMETHONIUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MORPHOLINES; MOTOR NEURONS; NAPHTHALENES; PERISTALSIS; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; REFLEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 58249103000     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.90274.2008     Document Type: Article

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