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Title:

Multifunctional mechanosensitive neurons in the enteric nervous system.

Document type:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Author(s):
Schemann, Michael; Mazzuoli, Gemma
Abstract:
One of the most intriguing abilities of the gut is to function in isolation. This is possible because the gut's own nervous system, the enteric nervous system, contains the necessary elements to control reflex behaviors. Much progress has been made in identifying those neurons that encode mechanical or chemical stimuli. Thus, muscle behaviors in the small and large intestines depend on mechanosensitive neurons which encode a variety of mechanical stimuli, ranging from brief deformation of the ne...     »
Keywords:
Animals, Mechanoreceptors/*physiology, Enteric Nervous System/*cytology/physiology, Muscle, Smooth/physiology, Nerve Net/cytology/physiology, Physical Stimulation/methods
Journal title:
Autonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical
Year:
2010
Journal volume:
153
Month:
feb
Journal issue:
1-2
Pages contribution:
21--25
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1016/j.autneu.2009.08.003
Print-ISSN:
1872-7484 1566-0702
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