An in vitro study of the properties of vagal afferent fibres innervating the ferret oesophagus and stomach

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 512, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 907-916

  Page, Amanda J ^a   Blackshaw, L Ashley ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FERRET; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; STOMACH; STOMACH INNERVATION; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; ESOPHAGUS; FERRETS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; STOMACH;

EID: 0032213642     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.907bd.x     Document Type: Article

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