Publisher Summary This chapter reveals that the generation of rhythmical heartbeats in
mammals has been considered essentially myogenic, resulting from slow diastolic …

The nervous control of visceral functions is exerted by" central"(parasympathetic,
sympathetic, and sensory) as well as local neurons (See Figure 1). The digestive tract is …

Research on neuro-and endocrine peptides in the gastrointestinal tract has expanded
markedly in the last 20 years. The information available has become so extensive that most …

1 The submucous plexus‐longitudinal muscularis mucosae preparation of the guinea‐pig
oesophagus was used to study the actions of catecholamines on the twitch responses to …

The first information on the structure and function of the autonomic nervous system dates
back to the time of Galen (second century), while the beginning of the study of the autonomic …

There can be few topics in physiology that have attracted such fluctuating interest as the
neural control of intestinal motility. Recently, there has been much renewed interest in this …

As used in this chapter, the term “spontaneous activity” refers to electrical potentials that are
not induced directly by the investigator;“reflex activity,” to potentials induced by special …

The enteric nervous system (ENS) is an autonomic “brain-in-the-gut” that integrates
gastrointestinal motility, secretion and blood flow into homeostatic patterns of gut behavior …

OhkaWa, H. Spread of the single spike activity in the myenteric plexus of the guinea-pig
duodenum. Japanese Journal of Smooth Muscle Research, 25 (2), 39-46, 1989-The …

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