Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 2 , Pages 659-670.e2 , February 2010

Release of 5-Hydroxytryptamine From the Mucosa Is Not Required for the Generation or Propagation of Colonic Migrating Motor Complexes

  • Damien J. Keating
    • ,
  • Nick J. Spencer

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Nick Spencer, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Department of Human Physiology, School of Medicine, Flinders University, South Australia, Australia. fax: (61) 8-8204-5768

Received 14 July 2009 ,Accepted 16 September 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding This work was funded by a grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council in Australia (grants 535034 and 535033 to N.S., and grant 441112 to D.J.K.). D.J.K. is also supported by a BioInnovation SA Fellowship.

PII: S0016-5085(09)01661-8

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.09.020

Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 2 , Pages 659-670.e2 , February 2010

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