Aging and gastrointestinal neuromuscular function: Insights from within and outside the gut

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 490-501

  Bitar, K ^a   Greenwood Van Meerveld, B ^b   Saad, R ^a   Wiley, J W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Central nervous system; Enteric nervous system; Gastrointestinal motility; Gastrointestinal smooth muscle; Spinal ganglia; Vagus nerve; Visceral sensation

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27;

AGING; ANOREXIA; AUTOPHAGY; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; DIET RESTRICTION; DNA DAMAGE; DYSPHAGIA; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH MOTILITY; STOMACH MUSCLE; SWALLOWING; VISCERAL PAIN;

AGING; ANIMALS; EPIGENOMICS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; SENSATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79955890811     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2011.01678.x     Document Type: Review

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