Intrinsic primary afferent neurons and nerve circuits within the intestine

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-164

  Furness, John B ^a   Jones, Clare ^b   Nurgali, Kulmira ^a   Clerc, Nadine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

A1; AC; Acetylcholine; ACh; Adenosine 1 receptor; Adenylyl cyclase; Afterhyperpolarizing potential; AHP; BB; BK; Bombesin; Calcitonin gene related peptide; CCK; CGRP; ChAT; Cholecystokinin; Choline acetyltransferase; CNS; Large conductance potassium channel

Indexed keywords

APAMIN; ATROPINE; CALCIUM ION; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYTOKINE; ELECTROLYTE; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MECAMYLAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROKININ 3 RECEPTOR AGONIST; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NIFEDIPINE; OSANETANT; PHORBOL DIBUTYRATE; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEIN KINASE C; SENKTIDE; SEROTONIN; SODIUM ION; TACHYKININ RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; TETRODOTOXIN; TRINITROBENZENESULFONIC ACID;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERDISCHARGE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CATALYSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOCRINE CELL; ENTERITIS; ENTEROCHROMAFFIN CELL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE; INTESTINE BLOOD FLOW; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE SECRETION; INTESTINE VILLUS; ION CURRENT; IRRITABLE COLON; LARGE INTESTINE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE; SODIUM CURRENT; STOMACH MUCOSA; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS; VASODILATATION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ANIMALS; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; INTESTINES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SYNAPSES;

EID: 1942424228     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2003.12.004     Document Type: Review

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