Effect of Somatostatin on Blood Levels of Motilin and the Interdigestive Myoelectric Complex in Dogs

Abstract

Motilin has been called an interdigestive hormone, suspected to induce the interdigestive myoelectric complex (IDMC) in dog (Itoh et al., 1978). Somatostatin (GH-RIH) has been shown to inhibit motilin release in man (Mitznegg et al., 1977). The following study was designed to look at the effect of GH-RIH on blood levels of motilin and on the IDMC in dog.