Innervation of the Gastrointestinal Tract by Spinal and Vagal Afferent Nerves

Physiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 703-731

  Brierley, Stuart M ^a   Hughes, Patrick ^a   Harrington, Andrea ^a   Ashley Blackshaw, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-382026-6.00024-5     Document Type: Chapter

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