Quantitative changes in gastric mucosal glycoproteins: Effect of cholinergic agonist and vagal nerve stimulation in the rat

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 613-619

  Yusuf, S ^a   Nok, A J ^a   Ameh, D A ^a   Adelaiye, A B ^a   Balogun, E O ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Carbachol; Galactose; Gastric mucus; Sialic acid; Vagotomy

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GLYCOPROTEIN; SIALIC ACID; STOMACH MUCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MUCUS SECRETION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; STOMACH MUCOSA; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GLYCOPROTEINS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 8144224193     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2004.00580.x     Document Type: Article

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