The role of the rectal branches of pelvic plexus in defecation and colonic motility in a canine model

Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 275-284

  Maruyama, Shoji ^a,c   Okabe, Satoshi ^a   Endo, Mitsuo ^a   Sato, Kenji ^b   Iwai, Takehisa ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Medical Treatment Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colonic motility; Defecation; Pelvic nerve; Rectal branches of pelvic plexus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLON; CONVALESCENCE; DEFECATION; DOG; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FECES; GANGLION CYST; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; INNERVATION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RECTUM; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; COLON; DEFECATION; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FECES; GANGLION CYSTS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE FIBERS; PARASYMPATHECTOMY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECTUM; TIME FACTORS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 2342655856     PISSN: 13428810     EISSN: 13428810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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