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Gastrointestinal motility and morphology in mice: Strain-dependent differences.

Loyane Almeida Gama1, Mariana Pirani Rocha Machado1, Ana Paula Simões Beckmann2

  • 1Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil.

Neurogastroenterology and Motility
|February 26, 2020
PubMed
Summary

BALB/c mice exhibit faster gastrointestinal transit and higher duodenal contractility frequencies compared to C57BL/6 mice. This study established a novel method for evaluating mouse gut motor function and revealed significant strain-specific differences.

Keywords:
BALB/cC57BL/6duodenal contractilitygastrointestinal transitinbred

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