Gender- and age-related differences in muscular and nerve-mediated responses in human colon

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 352-358

  Maselli, M A ^a   Trisolini, P ^a   Demma, I ^b   Pezzolla, F ^b   De Ponti, F ^c  

^a National Institute of Gastroenterology S de Bellis   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIGESTIVE DISEASES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Human colon; Motility in vitro

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CARBACHOL; GUANETHIDINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; TETRODOTOXIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MALE; NITRERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOID;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATROPINE; CARBACHOL; COLON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GUANETHIDINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 79952454869     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-010-1324-0     Document Type: Article

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