Effect of muscarinic and nicotinic receptor antagonism on rat gastric motor activity

Pharmacology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 272-279

  Janssen, Pieter ^a,c   Karlsson, Lisa K C ^a   Nielsen, Maria Astin ^a   Gillberg, Per Göran ^a,b   Hultin, Leif ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cholinergic nerves; Electrical vagal stimulation; Gastric contraction; Nitrergic nerves; Rat isolated stomach; Vagal efferents

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; HEXAMETHONIUM; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALLOON; BAROSTAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FEMALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; STOMACH DISTENSION; STOMACH MOTILITY; STOMACH MUSCLE; STOMACH PRESSURE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DRUG EFFECTS; IN VITRO STUDY; INNERVATION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STOMACH;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GASTRIC DILATATION; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PRESSURE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; STOMACH;

EID: 77950327155     PISSN: 00317012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000285116     Document Type: Article

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