The Enteric Nervous System and Its Extrinsic Connections

Textbook of Gastroenterology, Fifth Edition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 15-39

  Furness, John B ^a   Nguyen, Trung V ^a   Nurgali, Kulmira ^a   Shimizu, Yasutake ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enteric control of secretion and vasodilation; Enteric nervous system and its extrinsic connections; Enteric nervous system response to noxious stimuli; Enteric nervous system microscopic structure; Enteric neuron loss and Hirschsprung disease; Enteric neurons and histochemical profile and transmitter multiplicity; Enteric neurons and physiological characteristics; Extrinsic motor connections; Stomach and intestinal muscle motor neurons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859111443     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444303254.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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