Human enteric neurons: morphological, electrophysiological, and neurochemical identification

SE Carbone, V Jovanovska, K Nurgali… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background Access to tissue, difficulties with dissection, and poor visibility of enteric ganglia
have hampered electrophysiological recordings of human enteric neurons. Here, we report …

Electrophysiological and morphological features of myenteric neurons of human colon revealed by intracellular recording and dye fills

WP Yew, A Humenick, BN Chen… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Ex vivo intracellular recordings and dye fills, combined with
immunohistochemistry, are a powerful way to analyze the enteric nervous system of …

[HTML][HTML] Types of neurons in the human colonic myenteric plexus identified by multilayer immunohistochemical coding

BN Chen, A Humenick, WP Yew, RA Peterson… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background and Aims Gut functions including motility, secretion, and blood flow are largely
controlled by the enteric nervous system. Characterizing the different classes of enteric …

Electrophysiological characterization of myenteric neurons: how do classification schemes relate?

JC Bornstein, JB Furness, WAA Kunze - Journal of the autonomic nervous …, 1994 - Elsevier
The intrinsic neural control of the gastrointestinal tract is mediated by the enteric nervous
system, the activity of which can be modulated by local stimuli, by inputs from the central …

Plasticity and ambiguity of the electrophysiological phenotypes of enteric neurons

K Nurgali - Neurogastroenterology & Motility, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in knowledge of enteric neurons electrophysiological characteristics have led to
the realisation that the properties of the neurons are dependent on the state of the intestine …

Characterization of putative interneurons in the myenteric plexus of human colon

A Humenick, BN Chen, DA Wattchow… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The enteric nervous system contains multiple classes of neurons,
distinguishable by morphology, immunohistochemical markers, and projections; however …

Electrophysiology of porcine myenteric neurons revealed after vital staining of their cell bodies. A preliminary report

W Cornelissen, JP Timmermans… - …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Due to practical limitations in visualizing and getting access to the ganglionic components of
large mammals, electrophysiology of the enteric nervous system has been restricted mainly …

Structural differences in the enteric neural network in murine colon: impact on electrophysiology

A Sibaev, H Franck… - American Journal …, 2003 - journals.physiology.org
The enteric neural network in the proximal murine colon shows a regularly occurring
hypoganglionic region, which is here characterized by using anatomical and …

The morphology and projections of retrogradely labeled myenteric neurons in the human intestine

DA Wattchow, SJH Brookes, M Costa - Gastroenterology, 1995 - Elsevier
Background & Aims: Myenteric ganglia in the human gastrointestinal tract contain a mixture
of many different types of nerve cells that cannot be distinguished by their location. The aim …

Quantitative evaluation of myenteric ganglion cells in normal human left colon: implications for histopathological analysis

C Ippolito, C Segnani, R De Giorgio, C Blandizzi… - Cell and tissue …, 2009 - Springer
The analysis of myenteric neurons is becoming increasingly important for the assessment of
enteric nervous system injury and degeneration occurring in motor disorders of the gut …