title: Influence of motilin on gastrointestinal electrical activity in the conscious piglet.
abstract: In conscious just-weaned piglets, fed ad libitum, with electrodes implanted in the wall of the antrum pylori, duodenum, jejunum, ileum and caecum, infusion of motilin (2 and 20 ng/kg/min for 2h) induced a transient increase in the frequency of the fast oscillations in the antrum followed by a delayed decrease. The polypeptide, however, was unable to induce a premature or extra phase III activity or to change the frequency of the migrating myoelectrical complexes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Physiology, University Centre of Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wechsung
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Houvenaghel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004064:Digestive System / Q000187:drug effects*; D004068:Digestive System Physiological Phenomena; D004576:Electromyography / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D009037:Motilin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013552:Swine / Q000502:physiology*; D014886:Weaning
chemical_list: D009037:Motilin