Neural control of the large intestine

Innervation of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 171-187

  Venkova, Kalina ^a   Greenwood Van Meerveld, Beverley ^a   Krier, Jacob ^a  

^a Oklahoma Foundation for Digestive Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenergic; Cholinergic; colon; NANC transmission; Parasympathetic innervation; Sympathetic innervation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646520841     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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