Neurons of the Gallbladder and Sphincter of Oddi

Innervation of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 189-212

  Mawe, Gary M ^a   Talmage, Erin K ^a   Jennings, Lee J ^a   Hillsley, Kirk ^a   Kennedy, Audra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic ganglia; Biliary tract; Electrophysiology; Enteric nervous system; Immunohistochemistry; Innervation; Motility

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EID: 33745097228     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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