Plasticity of the enteric nervous system during intestinal inflammation

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 4-15

  Lomax, A E ^a   Fernandez E ^b   Sharkey, Keith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Inflammatory bowel disease; Motility; Myenteric; Secretion; Submucosal

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; ENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GLIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE SECRETION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBMUCOSA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; NEUROGLIA; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 13444312103     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2004.00607.x     Document Type: Review

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