Melatonin effects on gut motility are independent of the relaxation mediated by the nitrergic system in the goldfish

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 367-371

  Velarde, Elena ^a   Alonso Gómez, Angel Luis ^a   Azpeleta, Clara ^a   Isorna, Esther ^a   De Pedro, Nuria ^a   Delgado, María Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Fish; Intestinal motility; Melatonin; Nitric oxide; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE; CALCIUM; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GOLDFISH; IN VITRO STUDY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; WAVEFORM;

CARASSIUS AURATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79957609926     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.01.024     Document Type: Article

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