Lactobacillus reuteri ingestion and IKCa channel blockade have similar effects on rat colon motility and myenteric neurones

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Wang, B ^a   Mao, Y K ^b   Diorio, C ^b   Wang, L ^b   Huizinga, J D ^a   Bienenstock, J ^a,b   Kunze, W ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b McMaster Brain Body Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colon motility; Commensal bacteria; Enteric nervous system; Intermediate conductance calcium dependent potassium current; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR ADAPTOR MOLECULE 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; COLON MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEEDING; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTESTINE PRESSURE; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MALE; MEMBRANE POLARIZATION AND DEPOLARIZATION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; COLON; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURONS; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; PROBIOTICS; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 72449160264     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2009.01384.x     Document Type: Article

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