The participation of the sympathetic innervation of the gastrointestinal tract in disease states

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-18

  Lomax, A E ^a   Sharkey, K A ^b   Furness, J B ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adrenoceptors; Diabetes; Enteric glia; Ileus; Inflammation; Prevertebral ganglia; Sympathetic neuron

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADRENALIN; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALPHA 2A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRETYLIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; CATECHOLAMINE; CATECHOLAMINE RECEPTOR; ELECTROLYTE; GUANETHIDINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; NADOLOL; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PURINERGIC P2X RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC P2Y RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; WATER;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD VESSEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; COLITIS; CROHN DISEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENERVATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; ELECTROLYTE TRANSPORT; ENDOTOXEMIA; ENTERITIS; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUID BALANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GLIA; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; ILEUS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE BLOOD FLOW; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE SECRETION; LIPID METABOLISM; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SPHINCTER; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STOMACH ULCER; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; VASOCONSTRICTION; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, CATECHOLAMINE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 72449175298     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2009.01381.x     Document Type: Review

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