Gastric emptying of enterally administered liquid meal in conscious rats and during sustained anaesthesia

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-185

  Qualls Creekmore, E ^a   Tong, M ^a   Holmes, G M ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

13C breath test; Gastric emptying; Gastric stasis; Gastrointestinal motility; Gastrointestinal transit

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; OCTANOIC ACID; OXYGEN; THIOBUTABARBITAL; URETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH FUNCTION;

ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; BREATH TESTS; DIETARY SUCROSE; ENTERAL NUTRITION; GASTRIC EMPTYING; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THIOPENTAL; URETHANE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 74549125730     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2009.01393.x     Document Type: Article

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