Submucosal vagotomy of the canine gastric fundus.
Ethyl alcohol infiltration of the submucosa of canine denervated gastric pouches markedly reduced the gastric secretory responses to histamine and food without changing the histologic appearance. It is postulated that the ethyl alcohol destroyed the submucosal nerve plexus which regulates the parietal cells.
D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000294:innervation*; D009417:Nerve Tissue / Q000187:drug effects*; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000628:therapy; D014628:Vagotomy / Q000379:methods*
D000431:Ethanol