Nerves that say NO: a new perspective on the human rectoanal inhibitory reflex

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 1996 Jan;78(1):31-8.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anal Canal / drug effects
  • Anal Canal / innervation
  • Anal Canal / physiology*
  • Arginine / analogs & derivatives
  • Arginine / pharmacology
  • Defecation / physiology*
  • Electric Stimulation
  • Enteric Nervous System / physiology*
  • Hemoglobins / pharmacology
  • Hirschsprung Disease / enzymology
  • Humans
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Infant
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle Relaxation / drug effects
  • Neurons / cytology
  • Neurons / enzymology
  • Nitric Oxide / physiology*
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Nitroarginine
  • Nitroprusside / pharmacology
  • Rectum / innervation
  • Reflex / physiology*

Substances

  • Hemoglobins
  • Nitroprusside
  • Nitroarginine
  • Nitric Oxide
  • Arginine
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase