Reduced vagal sensory innervation of the small intestinal myenteric plexus following capsaicin treatment of adult rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-106

  Jagger, Amy ^a   Grahn, Jennifer ^a   C Ritter, Robert ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Food intake; Gastrointestinal reflex; Nodose ganglion; Vagus; Visceral afferent

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM; FOOD INTAKE; ILEUM; JEJUNUM; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE ENDING; NODOSE GANGLION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SMALL INTESTINE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0030699242     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00767-2     Document Type: Article

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