Limited excitatory local effector function of gastric vagal afferent intraganglionic terminals in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 3 36-3, 1997, Pages

  Zheng, Huiyuan ^a   Lauve, Andrew ^a   Patterson, Laurel M ^a   Berthoud, Hans Rudolf ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidromic stimulation; Enteric nervous system; Fos immunocytochemistry; Intraganglionic laminar endings; Supranodose vagotomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EFFECTOR CELL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STOMACH INNERVATION; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0030856745     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1997.273.3.g661     Document Type: Article

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