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Dopamine-induced migrating myoelectrical complex-like activity in human duodenum

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The effect of dopamine on human gastric and small intestinal interdigestive motility was investigated in 12 subjects. Intestinal motility was recorded by means of a four-lumen polyvinyl probe with four open tips located 15 cm apart, continuously perfused with distilled water. In each subject during the same study, after recording two consecutive spontaneous phase III of migrating myoelectrical complexes and when a phase II appeared, dopamine was infused intravenously twice in a dose of 5 μg/kg/min for 15 min with an interval of 20 min between each infusion. In six subjects, the second dopamine infusion was preceded by a treatment with sulpiride (10 mg, intravenously, as bolus) or domperidone (10 mg, intravenously, as bolus), each considered a highly selective dopamine antagonist. The results show that dopamine stimulates duodenal motility producing a pattern similar to that observed in phase III of spontaneously occurring migrating myoelectrical complexes. The second dopamine infusion reproduced in all cases the same pattern of motility as observed during the first infusion. Sulpiride and domperidone prevented the effect of dopamine in all cases. It is therefore suggested that dopamine-induced duodenal motility may involve specific dopaminergic receptors.

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    Leonardo Marzio MD, Matteo Neri MD, Anna Maria Di Giammarco MD, Franco Cuccurullo MD & Giorgio Assuero Lanfranchi MD

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Marzio, L., Neri, M., Di Giammarco, A.M. et al. Dopamine-induced migrating myoelectrical complex-like activity in human duodenum. Digest Dis Sci 31, 349–354 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01311668

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