Two independent networks of interstitial cells of Cajal work cooperatively with the enteric nervous system to create colonic motor patterns

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue AUG, 2011, Pages

  Huizinga, Jan D ^a   Martz, Sarah ^a   Gil, Victor ^a,b   Wang, Xuan Yu ^a   Jimenez, Marcel ^b,c   Parsons, Sean ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colon; Colonic motility; ENS; ICC; Peristalsis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861906557     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2011.00093     Document Type: Article

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