Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 1980 Jul 11;65(1):113-7.
doi: 10.1016/0014-2999(80)90219-8.

Effects of electrical stimulation on the enkephalins in guinea-pig small intestine

A D Corbett, R P Sosa, A T McKnight, H W Kosterlitz

Effects of electrical stimulation on the enkephalins in guinea-pig small intestine

A D Corbett et al. Eur J Pharmacol. .

Abstract

When myenteric plexus-longitudinal muscle preparations of the guinea-pig small intestine are stimulated electrically in the presence of cycloheximide there is a decrease in the content of enkephalins which is taken to be due to their release. With supramaximal stimuli, the release per pulse is similar at 1 and 10 Hz but it is lower with submaximal than with maximal stimuli. Met-enkephalin is more readily released than Leu-enkephalin.

PubMed Disclaimer

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources