Myenteric neurons of the mouse small intestine undergo significant electrophysiological and morphological changes during postnatal development

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2375-2390

  Foong, Jaime Pei Pei ^a   Nguyen, Trung V ^a   Furness, John B ^a   Bornstein, Joel C ^a   Young, Heather M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DUODENUM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MOUSE; MYENTERIC NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; SYNAPSE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DUODENUM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURONS;

EID: 84861008807     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.225938     Document Type: Article

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