Enteric co-innervation of motor endplates in the esophagus: State of the art ten years after

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-130

  Wörl, Jürgen ^a   Neuhuber, Winfried L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deglutition; Enteric nervous system; Esophagus innervation; Peristalsis; Striated muscle

Indexed keywords

ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE ENDING; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ENDPLATE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PERISTALSIS; VAGUS NERVE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 18744404523     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-005-0764-7     Document Type: Review

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