Gastric relaxation induced by electrical and chemical stimulation of the area postrema in the rat

General Physiology and Biophysics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 243-252

  Kawachi, Masanao ^a,c   Hori, Nobuaki ^a   Takei, Mineo ^c   Kurimoto, Tadashi ^c,d   Akaike, Norio ^b   Ito, Yushi ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO HEALTH SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ZERIA Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apomorphine; Area postrema (AP); Electrical stimulation of AP; Gastric motility; Retrograde labeling of AP neurons

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; HEXAMETHONIUM; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LABELING; CHEMICAL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STOMACH INNERVATION; STOMACH MOTILITY; STOMACH PRESSURE; STOMACH VOLUME;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; APOMORPHINE; AREA POSTREMA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HEXAMETHONIUM; MALE; NEURONS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; STOMACH;

RATTUS;

EID: 60149110917     PISSN: 02315882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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