Purinergic and nitrergic neuromuscular transmission mediates spontaneous neuronal activity in the rat colon

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 299, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Gil, Víctor ^a   Gallego, Diana ^b   Grasa, Laura ^a,c   Martín, María Teresa ^a,b   Jiménez, Marcel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal; Nitric oxide; P2Y1 receptors; Spontaneous inhibitory junction potential

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; APAMIN; HEXAMETHONIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; ONDANSETRON; PURINERGIC P2X RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC P2Y1 RECEPTOR; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MICROELECTRODE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; COLON; DEOXYADENINE NUCLEOTIDES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; NITRERGIC NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN, 5-HT3; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS;

EID: 77954370044     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00448.2009     Document Type: Article

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