| CDDW 2003 |
CAG POSTER SESSION A - SUNDAY
MOTILITY AND NERVE-GUT INTERACTIONS
[060]
SEROTONIN CONTENT OF THE INTESTINAL MUCOSA IS ALTERED IN TNBS ILEITIS IN THE
GUINEA PIG
JR O'Hara, W Ho, GM Mawe1, KA Sharkey
Gastrointestinal and Neuroscience Research Groups,
University of Calgary, Calgary, AB; 1Dept. Anatomy & Neurobiology,
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
[061]
EVIDENCE FOR NA+-ACTIVATED K+ CHANNELS IN CIRCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE OF OPOSSUM
LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER
Yong Zhang, William G Paterson
GI Diseases Research Unit,
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
[062]
DIFFERENTIAL IMPACT OF COLITIS ON AGONIST-INDUCED CONTRACTION OF SMOOTH MUSCLE
CELLS
RW Wells, GP Morris, MG Blennerhassett
Departments of Biology
& Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
[063]
EFFECT OF TNBS-INDUCED COLITIS ON THE PERMEABILITY OF THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER
IN THE RAT
S Natah, KA Sharkey
Gastrointestinal and Neuroscience
Research Groups, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
[064]
FUNCTIONAL AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF L-TYPE CALCIUM CHANNELS IN HUMAN LOWER
ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER
Jason R Kovac, Tom Chrones, Harold G Preiksaitis,
Stephen M Sims
Department of Physiology
and Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, and Lawson Health Research Institute,
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
[065]
IMMUNE MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN THE MAINTENANCE OF GUT DYSFUNCTION IN A MODEL
OF POST-INFECTIVE IBS
P Bercik, EF Verdu, W Khan, I Kean, L Wang,
P Blennerhassett, G Tougas, SM Collins
Intestinal Diseases Research
Programme, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
[066]
CARDIOAUTONOMIC AND CORTICAL EVOKED POTENTIALS (EP) RESPONSES TO ESOPHAGEAL
ELECTRICAL STIMULATION (ES) IN PATIENTS WITH NON - CARDIAC CHEST PAIN (NCCP),
GERD, AND IN HEALTHY CONTROLS (HC)
R Spaziani, S Anand, T Hruczkowski, WLi,
MV Kamath, ARM Upton, EL Fallen, G Tougas
McMaster University, Hamilton,
Ontario
[067]
INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL - THE PUTITIVE STRETCH RECEPTOR FOR THE ACTIVATION
OF THE GASTRIC VAGAL AFFERENT PATHWAY
Louis WC Liu, Xuan-Yu Wang, Jing Ye, Gervais
Tougas, Mary H Perdue, Jan D Huizinga
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario