Code
179S1211
Duration
01 December 2010 → 31 May 2013
Funding
Private funding via IWT/VLAIO
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Social sciences
- Biological and physiological psychology
- Cognitive science and intelligent systems
- Developmental psychology and ageing
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Medical and health sciences
- Gastro-enterology and hepatology
- Neurosciences
- Gastro-enterology and hepatology
- Neurosciences
- Gastro-enterology and hepatology
- Neurosciences
Keywords
atrium
5-HT4 receptor
hippocampus
intestine
stomach
Project description
Newly synthetized 5-HT4 receptor agonists are tested in different electrophysiological protocols in rat hippocampal brain slices. Effects at peripheral 5-HT4 receptors are tested in rat esophageal muscularis mucosae, guinea pig proximal colon and porcine proximal stomach and left atrium.