Journal article
Increased levels of substance P in the myenteric plexus of Trichinella-infected rats
Abstract
Changes in immunoreactive substance P concentrations were investigated in longitudinal muscle-myenteric plexus preparations from the inflamed jejunum of Trichinella spiralis-infected rats. The substance P concentration increased within 2 days of infection and increased fivefold by day 6; in contrast, there was no significant increase in substance P in the noninflamed ileum. In vitro exposure of preparations from infected rats to scorpion venom …
Authors
Swain MG; Agro A; Blennerhassett P; Stanisz A; Collins SM
Journal
Gastroenterology, Vol. 102, No. 6, pp. 1913–1919
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
June 1992
DOI
10.1016/0016-5085(92)90313-n
ISSN
0016-5085