Sensory transmission in the gastrointestinal tract

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL.1, 2007, Pages 1-19

  Blackshaw, L A ^a   Brookes, S J H ^b   Grundy, D ^c   Schemann, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemosensitivity; Enteric sensory neurons; Extrinsic sensory neurons; Mechanosensitivity; Sensory modality; Visceral nociception

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECENTRALIZATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE WALL; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEROSA; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; VISCERAL PAIN;

ANIMALS; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

EID: 33846057455     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2006.00888.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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