title: Effects of bombesin on neurotransmission in cat duodenal smooth muscle.
abstract: The effects of tetradecapeptide bombesin on contractile activity and field electrical stimulation (FES) evoked contractions of duodenal smooth muscle were studied. Bombesin produced an increase in the tone as well as the amplitude and frequency of the spontaneous contractions. The atropine-sensitive contraction and nonadrenergic noncholinergic relaxation in responses to FES which were tetrodotoxin-sensitive significantly increased in amplitude after bombesin. This suggests that bombesin not only provokes release of acethylcholine but can also modulate the release of noncholinergic nonadrenergic neurotransmitter in the enteric nervous system.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Velkova
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Papasova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D001839:Bombesin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002415:Cats; D004386:Duodenum / Q000187:drug effects; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects*; D010646:Phentolamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects*; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D013779:Tetrodotoxin; D001285:Atropine; D011433:Propranolol; D001839:Bombesin; D010646:Phentolamine