Journal of Surgical Research
Volume 141, Issue 1 , Pages 22-30 , July 2007

Role of VIP and Substance P in NANC Innervation in the Longitudinal Smooth Muscle of the Rat Jejunum—Influence of Extrinsic Denervation

  • Michael S. Kasparek, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery and Gastrointestinal Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
    • Department of General Surgery, Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen, Germany
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  • Javairiah Fatima, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery and Gastrointestinal Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • Corey W. Iqbal, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery and Gastrointestinal Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • Judith A. Duenes, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery and Gastrointestinal Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • Michael G. Sarr, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery and Gastrointestinal Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
    • Corresponding Author InformationTo whom correspondence and reprint requests should be addressed at Department of Surgery and Gastrointestinal Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55902.

Received 8 January 2007

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1 Parts of this work were presented at the Joint International Society Meeting in Neurogastroenterology and GI Motility in Boston, MA, September, 2006; at the 2nd Academic Surgical Congress in Phoenix, AZ, February, 2007; at the Annual Meeting of the German Surgical Society, Munich, Germany, May, 2007; and was published in Abstract form (Neurogastroenterol Motil 18:779, 2006 and Chirurgisches Forum 2007 [German]).

PII: S0022-4804(07)00030-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.01.021

Journal of Surgical Research
Volume 141, Issue 1 , Pages 22-30 , July 2007

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