Correlation of morphology, electrophysiology and chemistry of neurons in the myenteric plexus of the guinea-pig distal colon

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-61

  Lomax, A E G ^a   Sharkey, K A ^b   Bertrand, P P ^a   Low, A M ^c   Bornstein, J C ^a   Furness, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Enteric nervous system; Guinea pig colon; Immunohistochemistry; Myenteric neurons; Synaptic potentials

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; DUODENUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MORPHOLOGY; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; COLON; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GUINEA PIGS; INTERNEURONS; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURONS;

EID: 0032993976     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(99)00008-9     Document Type: Article

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