Anatomy and function of sensory hepatic nerves

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 280, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 827-835

  Berthoud, Hans Rudolf ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile ducts; Calcitonin gene related peptide; Central autonomic control; Cholinergic innervation; Dorsal root afferents; Liver; Parasympathetic innervation; Portal vein; Premotor areas; Sympathetic innervation; Vagus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CALRETININ; CARBOCYANINE; ENDOTOXIN; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

BILE DUCT; DEAFFERENTATION; DORSAL ROOT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD INTAKE; HEPATIC NERVE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; SYMPATHECTOMY; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; LIVER; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PORTAL SYSTEM; RATS;

EID: 4944242984     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20088     Document Type: Review

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