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Abstract
Intravenous (0.5 mg kg-1) or subcutaneous (2-16 mg kg-1) administration of the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) analogue baclofen resulted in a stimulation of gastric motility and secretion in the rat, anaesthetized with urethane. The motility response to subcutaneous injection was dose-related. This effect was abolished by vagotomy or atropine. There was no response to baclofen in decerebrate animals. These results indicate that systemic baclofen, probably acting at a site rostral to the brainstem, stimulates gastric motility and acid secretion by a vagally-dependent mechanism.Entities:
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Year: 1986 PMID: 3801782 PMCID: PMC1917152 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1986.tb11145.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Pharmacol ISSN: 0007-1188 Impact factor: 8.739