Vagal and spinal mechanosensors in the rat stomach and colon have multiple receptive fields

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 280, Issue 5 49-5, 2001, Pages

  Berthoud, Hans Rudolf ^a   Lynn, Penny A ^b   Blackshaw, L Ashley ^b  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemoreceptors; Electrophysiology; Gastrointestinal innervation; Vagus; Visceral afferents

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; COLON; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANORECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SIMULATION; SPINAL NERVE; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; STIMULATION; STOMACH INNERVATION; VAGUS NERVE; VISCERA;

EID: 0035026105     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2001.280.5.r1371     Document Type: Article

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