Contribution of endogenous nitrergic and peptidergic influences to the altered neurally-induced gastric contractile responses in strips from dystrophic (mdx) mice

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 160, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 57-63

  Garella, Rachele ^a   Baccari, Maria Caterina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Gastric contractions; Nitric oxide; Peptides

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CHYMOTRYPSIN A; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; METHACHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PEPTIDE; TETRODOTOXIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATION; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; STOMACH MUSCLE; WILD TYPE; X CHROMOSOME LINKED MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CHYMOTRYPSIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MDX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NITRERGIC NEURONS; PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; STOMACH; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

MUS;

EID: 74749097276     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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