The newborn rat gastric emptying rate is volume and not developmentally dependent.

C H F FerreiraY ShifrinJ PanJ IvanovskaP J McNamaraJaques Belik

Published in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2017)

The newborn rat gastric emptying rate is not developmentally regulated, but dependent on the content volume via wall strain-induced ROCK-2 activation. Further clinical studies addressing the content volume effect on the rate of gastric emptying are warranted, to enhance feeding tolerance in preterm neonates.

Keyphrases

oxidative stress
low birth weight
diabetic rats
high glucose
preterm birth
gestational age