Aging and neural control of the GI tract I. Age-related changes in the enteric nervous system

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 283, Issue 3 46-3, 2002, Pages

  Wade, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Degeneration; Gastrointestinal tract; Senescence

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

AGING; ANIMAL MODEL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL SECRETION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTESTINE INNERVATION; IRRITABLE COLON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; STOMACH EMPTYING;

EID: 0036720927     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00091.2002     Document Type: Review

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