The enteric nervous system and regulation of intestinal motility

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 61, Issue , 1999, Pages 117-142

  Kunze, W A A ^a   Furness, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Afferent neurons; Enteric reflexes; Neural integration; Sensory transduction; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

CELL DENSITY; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE MUSCLE; INTESTINE SECRETION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ANIMALS; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIODICITY; REFLEX;

EID: 0033047099     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.61.1.117     Document Type: Review

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