The enteric nervous system
By: John B. Furness.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Malden, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781405133760
Subjects: Gastrointestinal system -- Diseases.; Enteric Nervous System -- physiology.; Neurons -- physiology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The enteric plexuses; title: Interconnections between the plexuses; title: Extent of the ganglionated plexuses; title: Intramural extensions of extrinsic nerves; title: Electron microscope studies; title: Enteric glia; title: The structural similarities and functional differences between regions may have an evolutionary basis; title: Development of the enteric nervous system; title: Maturation of enteric neurons and development of function; title: Changes in enteric neurons with ageing; title: Summary and conclusions; title: Shapes of enteric neurons; title: Cell physiological classifications of enteric neurons; title: Functionally defined enteric neurons; title: Neurons in human intestine with equivalence to those investigated in laboratory animals; title: Summary and conclusions; title: Evolution of ideas about enteric circuitry; title: Motility controlling circuits of the small and large intestine; title: Intrinsic secretomotor and vasomotor circuits; title: Assemblies of neurons; title: Circuits in the esophagus and stomach; title: Co-ordination of motility, secretomotor and vasomotor reflexes; title: Circuits connecting the intestine, biliary system and pancreas; title: Sympathetic innervation of the gastrointestinal tract; title: Summary and conclusions; title: Chemical coding and multiple transmitters; title: Transmitters of motor neurons that innervate the smooth muscle of the gut; title: Transmitters at neuro-neuronal synapses; title: Sites within the reflex circuitry where specific pharmacologies of transmission can be deduced to occur; title: Transmission from entero-endocrine cells to ipans; title: Roles of interstitial cells of cajal in neuromuscular transmission; title: Transmitters of secretomotor and vasodilator neurons; title: Synapses in secretomotor and vasodilator pathways; title: Transmitters of motor neurons innervating gastrin cells; title: Summary and conclusions; title: Rhythmic activity of gastrointestinal muscle; title: Structure and properties of interstitial cells of cajal; title: Relationship between slow wave activity and neural control; title: Gastric motility; title: Patterns of small intestine motility and their intrinsic neural control; title: Motility of the colon; title: Neural control of the esophagus; title: Gall-bladder motility; title: Sphincters; title: Muscle of the mucosa; title: Mechanism of sympathetic inhibition of motility in non-sphincter regions; title: Sympathetic innervation of the sphincters; title: Physiological effects of noradrenergic neurons on motility in undisturbed animals; title: Reflex activities of sympathetic neurons that affect motility; title: Summary and conclusions; title: Water and electrolyte secretion in the small and large intestines; title: Reflex control of water and electrolyte secretion; title: Secretion of gastric acid; title: Pepsinogen secretion; title: Gastric secretion of bicarbonate; title: Secretion into the gall bladder; title: Pancreatic exocrine secretion; title: Summary and conclusions; title: Therapeutic end-points for motility disorders; title: Enteric neuropathies involving neuronal loss or phenotypic changes; title: Mitochondriopathies with intestinal manifestations; title: Irritable bowel syndrome and plasticity of enteric neurons.