A little humour relaxes the gallbladder

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Simon J Gibbons. J Physiol. 2010.

. 2010 Sep 1;588(Pt 17):3131-2.

doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.196626.

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Hydrophobic bile salts inhibit gallbladder smooth muscle function via stimulation of GPBAR1 receptors and activation of KATP channels.
Lavoie B, Balemba OB, Godfrey C, Watson CA, Vassileva G, Corvera CU, Nelson MT, Mawe GM. Lavoie B, et al. J Physiol. 2010 Sep 1;588(Pt 17):3295-305. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.192146. Epub 2010 Jul 12. J Physiol. 2010. PMID: 20624794 Free PMC article.

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