[Effect of bombesin on the frequency of slow potentials of the smooth muscles of the gastrointestinal tract and migrating myoelectric complex].

In dogs with electrodes implanted in the smooth muscle wall of the stomach, small intestine and colon, i.v. administration of bombesin (50, 100, 200 and 300 ng/kg) during the 2nd phase of the migrating myoelectric complex (MMC) increased the dose-dependent frequency of slow potential in the small intestine and stomach leaving unchanged the frequency of slow potentials in the colon. Single doses of 50 or 200 ng/kg bombesin during the 2nd phase of the MMC caused a short-term inhibition of the gastric and intestinal spike activity followed by its increase, the active period of the MMC being prolonged.