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| Peixoto Júnior,A.A.; Teles,B.C.V; Castro,E.F.B.; Santos,A.A.; de Oliveira,G.R.; Ribeiro,R.A.; Rola,F.H.; Gondim,F.A.A.. |
| We evaluated the effects of vincristine on the gastrointestinal (GI) motility of awake rats and correlated them with the course of vincristine-induced peripheral neuropathy. Vincristine or saline was injected into the tail vein of male Wistar rats (180-250 g) on alternate days: 50 µg/kg (5 doses, N = 10), 100 µg/kg (2, 3, 4 and 5 doses, N = 49) or 150 µg/kg (1, 2, or 5 doses, N = 37). Weight and stool output were measured daily for each animal. One day after completing the vincristine treatment, the animals were fasted for 24 h, gavage-fed with a test meal and sacrificed 10 min later to measure gastric emptying (GE), GI transit and colon weight. Sensory peripheral neuropathy was evaluated by hot plate testing. Chronic vincristine treatments with total... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Constipation; Gastrointestinal transit; Peripheral neuropathy; Rat gastric emptying; Vincristine. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2009000600015 |
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