Gut clock: Implication of circadian rhythms in the gastointestinal tract

Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-150

  Konturek, P C ^a   Brzozowski, T ^b   Konturek, S J ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cancerogenesis; Circadian rhythms; Food intake; Gut clock; Irritable bowel syndrome; Light dark cycle; Melatonin; Migrating motor complex; Periodic motor activity

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHOLECYSTOKININ; GASTRIN; GHRELIN; MELATONIN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN; SOMATOSTATIN;

AGING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; IRRITABLE COLON; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PEPTIC ULCER; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MELATONIN; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 79959448076     PISSN: 08675910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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