Translational neuropharmacology: The use of human isolated gastrointestinal tissues

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-43

  Sanger, G J ^a   Broad, J ^a   Kung, V ^a   Knowles, C H ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 HT; gastrointestinal; human; motilin; neuropharmacology; translational sciences

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; ATROPINE; CAMICINAL; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CARBACHOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; MOTILIN; MOTILIN RECEPTOR; MOTILIN RECEPTOR AGONIST; NOLPITANTIUM; OPIATE; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PRUCALOPRIDE; RIMONABANT; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 4 RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; DIVERTICULOSIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; GENDER; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NEUROSECRETION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSORY NERVE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUBMUCOSA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTILIN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEURONS; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PERISTALSIS; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84872856753     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2012.02198.x     Document Type: Review

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