Neural mechanisms of peristalsis in the isolated rabbit distal colon: A neuromechanical loop hypothesis

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 8 APR, 2014, Pages

  Dinning, Phil G ^a,b   Wiklendt, Lukasz ^b   Omari, Taher ^b,c   Arkwright, John W ^d   Spencer, Nick J ^b   Brookes, Simon J H ^b   Costa, Marcello ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active contraction; Active relaxation; Colon motility; Neural pathways; Peristalsis

Indexed keywords

ANAL REFLEX RELAXATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLON MOTILITY; DESCENDING COLON; HYPOTHESIS; INTESTINE DISTENSION; INTESTINE PRESSURE; NEUROMECHANICAL LOOP HYPOTHESIS; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; ORAL REFLEX CONTRACTION; RABBIT;

EID: 84904914727     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00075     Document Type: Article

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