The effects of methane and hydrogen gases produced by enteric bacteria on ileal motility and colonic transit time

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Jahng, J ^a   Jung, I S ^a   Choi, E J ^a   Conklin, J L ^b   Park, H ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonic transit; Hydrogen; Ileal motility; Methane

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; METHANE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM MOTILITY; INFUSION; INTESTINE PRESSURE; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; MONITOR; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; COLON; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GUINEA PIGS; HYDROGEN; ILEUM; MALE; METHANE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

EID: 84855936051     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2011.01819.x     Document Type: Article

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