Oxytocin regulates gastrointestinal motility, inflammation, macromolecular permeability, and mucosal maintenance in mice

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 307, Issue 8, 2014, Pages G848-G862

  Welch, Martha G ^a   Margolis, Kara G ^a   Li, Zhishan ^a   Gershon, Michael D ^a  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Colitis; Enteric nervous system; Nurture; Oxytocin receptor knockout

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HOMEOSTASIS; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; MACROMOLECULE; MALE; MOUSE; MUCOSAL MAINTENANCE; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; METABOLISM; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GENE DELETION; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84908099248     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00176.2014     Document Type: Article

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