Neurodegeneration: A key factor in the ageing gut

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 19-23

  Wade, P R ^a,c   Cowen, T ^b  

^a Drug Discovery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Johnson and Johnson PRD   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Intrinsic afferent neurones; Myenteric plexus

Indexed keywords

AGING; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MORPHOLOGY; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RODENT; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMALS; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; INTESTINES; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS;

EID: 2342597688     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-3150.2004.00469.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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