Are there any functional differences of the enteric nervous system between jejunum and ileum in normal humans?

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 57, Issue 101, 2010, Pages 777-780

  Tomita, Ryouichi ^a,b   Igarashi, Seigo ^b   Fujisaki, Shigeru ^b   Koshinaga, Tsugumichi ^b   Kusafuka, Takeshi ^b  

^a NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Human; Ileum; Jejunum

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; TETRODOTOXIN;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; COLON CANCER; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; JEJUNUM; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER;

ADRENERGIC FIBERS; ADULT; AGED; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEUM; JEJUNUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78149277205     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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