Ascending excitatory neural pathways modulate slow phasic myogenic contractions in the isolated human colon

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 670-e510

  Carbone, S E ^a   Dinning, P G ^a   Costa, M ^a   Spencer, N J ^a   Brookes, S J H ^a   Wattchow, D A ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Excitatory neurotransmission; Human colon; Motility

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIMETHYL 4 PHENYLPIPERAZINIUM IODIDE; HEXAMETHONIUM; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; COLON MOTILITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; NERVE TRACT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84880131635     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nmo.12129     Document Type: Article

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