Effects of gap junction inhibition on contraction waves in the murine small intestine in relation to coupled oscillator theory

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 308, Issue 4, 2015, Pages G287-G297

  Parsons, Sean P ^a   Huizinga, Jan D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coupled oscillator; Dislocation; Frequency plateau; Gap junction; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CARBENOXOLONE; CITRIC ACID; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; HEPTANOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CAT; CELL FUNCTION; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUPLED OSCILLATOR THEORY; DOG; GAP JUNCTION; GAP JUNCTION INHIBITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MOUSE; NOISE REDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; OXYGENATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION; SWINE; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; OSCILLOMETRY; PERISTALSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CARBENOXOLONE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HEPTANOL; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSCILLOMETRY; PERISTALSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84922930584     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00338.2014     Document Type: Article

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