Effects and mechanisms of L-glutamate microinjected into nucleus ambiguus on gastric motility in rats

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1052-1057

  Sun, Hong Zhao ^a,b   Zhao, Shu Zhen ^a   Cui, Xi Yun ^a   Ai, Hong Bin ^a  

^a SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shandong Institute of Education   (China)

Author keywords

Gastric motility; Glutamate receptor; L glutamate; Nucleus ambiguus; Vagotomy

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; STOMACH MOTILITY; VAGOTOMY;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; VAGOTOMY;

EID: 77951230334     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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