MORPHOFUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT IN MDX MICE

Pubblicazioni Scientifiche

• AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY

  Myogenic NOS and endogenous NO production are defective in colon from dystrophic (mdx) mice

• BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

  NANC inhibitory neurotransmission in mouse isolated stomach: involvement of nitric oxide, ATP and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

• EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

  Neurotransmitters involved in the fast inhibitory junction potentials in mouse distal colon

• GASTROENTEROLOGY

  Increased calcium influx is responsible for the sustained mechanical tone in colon from dystrophic (mdx) mice

• HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY

  Interstitial cells of Cajal, enteric neurons, and smooth muscle and myoid cells of the murine gastrointestinal tract express full-length dystrophin

• JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY

  Ultrastructural changes in the interstitial cells of Cajal and gastric dysrhythmias in mice lacking full-length dystrophin (mdx mice)

• NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY

  Altered electrical activity in colonic smooth muscle cells from dystrophic (mdx) mice

• NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY

  Spontaneous mechanical activity and evoked responses in isolated gastric preparations from normal and dystrophic (mdx) mice

• NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

  Expression of dystrophin in the mouse myenteric neurones

• NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

  Myenteric neurons and interstitial cells of Cajal of mouse colon express several nitric oxide synthase isoforms

• NITRIC OXIDE-BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

  Nitric oxide induces muscular relaxation via cyclic GMP-dependent and -independent mechanisms in the longitudinal muscle of the mouse duodenum