Influence of peptides on anorectal function
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J Christiansen1, M Lorentzen, J Holst
1Department of Surgery D, Glostrup Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Annals of Medicine
|December 1, 1990
Abstract:
Immunohistochemical and immunochemical studies on biopsies from the human rectum and anal canal have shown several regulatory peptides present in the muscle layers and the mucosa, suggesting a regulatory action on defecation. This view has been supported by studies of anorectal function in man during administration of different peptides. The physiological implications of these observations remain obscure.