Effects of chronic ethanol consumption on rat upper gastrointestinal system: Functional and histologic findings

Alcohol

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 649-655

  Yazir, Yusufhan ^a   Tugay, Melih ^a   Utkan, Zafer ^a   Utkan, Tijen ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic alcohol consumption; Esophageal tunica muscularis mucosae; In vitro; Lower esophageal sphincter; Nitric oxide; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBACHOL; GLUCOSE; ISOPRENALINE; NICOTINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PAPAVERINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SEROTONIN;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; ESOPHAGUS; ETHANOL; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84866525999     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: 18736823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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