The enteric nervous system: A second brain

Hospital Practice

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 31-52

  Gershon, Michael D ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; NEUROTROPHIN 3; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENTEROCHROMAFFIN CELL; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PEPTIC ULCER; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0033565253     PISSN: 87502836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/hp.1999.07.153     Document Type: Review

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