Abstract
The role of the pituitary-adrenal axis in the inhibition of gastrointestinal transit caused by intrathecal administration of bombesin was examined. Bombesin (0.3-10 μg) slowed transit by this route in a dose-related manner. Either hypophysectomy or adrenalectomy prevented the inhibition of gastrointestinal transit associated with bombesin (10 μg, i.th.). The inhibitory gut effects of this peptide were not prevented in sham-operated rats. Intrathecal bombesin-induced inhibition of gastrointestinal transit is thus dependent upon an intact pituitary-adrenal axis.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 237-242 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Regulatory Peptides |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 1986 |
Keywords
- adrenalectomy
- bombesin
- gastrointestinal transit
- hypophysectomy
- intrathecal
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Physiology
- Endocrinology
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
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