Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide as a chemical messenger in the neural control of the pacemaker activities of the circular muscle coat in the canine proximal colon

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1996 Dec 26:805:692-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb17542.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Colon / innervation*
  • Dogs
  • Female
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Male
  • Muscle Contraction / drug effects*
  • Muscle, Smooth / innervation*
  • NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / pharmacology
  • Nerve Endings / drug effects
  • Nerve Endings / physiology*
  • Nerve Endings / ultrastructure
  • Neuropeptides / pharmacology
  • Neurotransmitter Agents / pharmacology
  • Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide
  • Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Neuropeptides
  • Neurotransmitter Agents
  • Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide
  • Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide
  • NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester