Ascending and descending reflex motor activity of recto-anal region-Cholinergic and nitrergic implications in a rat model

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-155

  Radomirov, Radomir ^a   Ivancheva, Christina ^a   Brading, Alison F ^b   Itzev, Dimitar ^a   Rakovska, Angelina ^a   Negrev, Negrin ^c  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Anal canal; Motor reflexes; Rectum

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANAL CANAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANAL CANAL; ANIMALS; ARGININE; ATROPINE; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROARGININE; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; RATS; RECTUM; REFLEX; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 62349103565     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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