Gut-to-Brain Signaling: Sensory Mechanisms

Pathophysiology of the Enteric Nervous System: A Basis for Understanding Functional Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 24-33

  Bielefeldt, Klaus ^a   Gebhart, G F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain bignaling; Chemical stimuli; Intrinsic primary afferent neurons; Mechanoreceptors; Sensory mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992755771     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470760307.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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