The gut-brain axis rewired: Adding a functional vagal nicotinic "sensory synapse"

FASEB Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3064-3074

  Perez Burgos, Azucena ^a   Mao, Yu Kang ^a   Bienenstock, John ^a,b   Kunze, Wolfgang A ^a,b  

^a McMaster Brain Body Institute   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Lactobacillus; Primary afferent neuron; Synaptic transmission; Vagus

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; EX VIVO STUDY; FACILITATION; GUT BRAIN AXIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; INTESTINE; INTESTINE MUSCLE; INTESTINE PRESSURE; JEJUNUM; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MALE; MESENTERIC NERVE; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VAGAL NICOTINIC SENSORY SYNAPSE; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; LACTOBACILLUS; PRIMARY AFFERENT NEURON; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VAGUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; JEJUNUM; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MALE; MICE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SYNAPSES; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84903750783     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.13-245282     Document Type: Article

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