Vagovagal reflex motility patterns of the rat esophagus

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 5 43-5, 1998, Pages

  Lu, Wei Yang ^a   Bieger, Detlef ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Nucleus ambiguus; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Secondary peristalsis; Subnucleus centralis; Vagus

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BURST FORMING UNIT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MOTONEURON; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS REFLEX;

EID: 0031831688     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.274.5.r1425     Document Type: Article

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