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    Structural and functional consequences of buserelin-induced enteric neuropathy in rat

    Women treated with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogs may develop enteric neuropathy and dysmotility. Administration of a GnRH analog to rats leads to similar degenerative neuropathy and ganglioneur...

    Elin Sand, Bodil Roth, Björn Weström, Peter Bonn, Eva Ekblad in BMC Gastroenterology (2014)

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    Glucagon-like peptides 1 and 2 and vasoactive intestinal peptide are neuroprotective on cultured and mast cell co-cultured rat myenteric neurons

    Neuropathy is believed to be a common feature of functional and inflammatory intestinal diseases. Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is an acknowledged neuroprotective agent in peripheral, including enteric, ...

    Ulrikke Voss, Elin Sand, Per M Hellström, Eva Ekblad in BMC Gastroenterology (2012)

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    Infiltration of Mast Cells in Rat Colon Is a Consequence of Ischemia/Reperfusion

    Intestinal ischemia as well as mastocytosis occur in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome. Our aim was to clarify how ischemia with reperfusion (I/R) affects the structure, ent...

    Elin Sand, Anna Themner-Persson, Eva Ekblad in Digestive Diseases and Sciences (2008)