Gastroenterology
Volume 129, Issue 3 , Pages 995-1004 , September 2005

Inhibition of Transient Lower Esophageal Sphincter Relaxation and Gastroesophageal Reflux by Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Ligands

  • Claudine L. Frisby

      Affiliations

    • Nerve-Gut Research Laboratory, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
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  • Jan P. Mattsson

      Affiliations

    • R&D Department, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden
    • ,
  • Jörgen M. Jensen

      Affiliations

    • R&D Department, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden
    • ,
  • Anders Lehmann

      Affiliations

    • R&D Department, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden
    • ,
  • John Dent

      Affiliations

    • Nerve-Gut Research Laboratory, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
    • Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
    • ,
  • L. Ashley Blackshaw

      Affiliations

    • Nerve-Gut Research Laboratory, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
    • Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
    • Discipline of Physiology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: L. Ashley Blackshaw, PhD, Nerve Gut Research Laboratory, Hanson Institute, Frome Road, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.

Received 20 January 2005 ,Accepted 2 June 2005.

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 Supported by AstraZeneca R&D (Mölndal, Sweden).

PII: S0016-5085(05)01357-0

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.06.069

Gastroenterology
Volume 129, Issue 3 , Pages 995-1004 , September 2005

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