FROM THE PREFACE: The original purpose of the First Edition of Physiology of the
Gastrointestinal Tract to collect in one set of volumes the most current and comprehensive …

Assignment of names to structures, behavioral events, organic compounds, molecules etc. is
an early step as new avenues of life sciences investigation progress and new discoveries …

The enteric nervous system (ENS) is comprised of a network of neurons and glial cells that
are responsible for coordinating many aspects of gastrointestinal function. These cells arise …

Electrophysiological recording was used to study a type of slow excitatory postsynaptic
potential (slow EPSP) that was mediated by release of ATP and its action at P2Y1 receptors …

Abstract Background/Aims: Enteric neuroimmune communication in gastrointestinal
hypersensitivity responses includes antigen detection by mast cells and release of chemical …

Upregulation of CGRP-immunoreactive (IR) primary afferent nerve fibers accompanied by
mastocytosis is characteristic for the Schistosoma mansoni-infected murine ileum. These …

Muscle-stripped segments of distal colon from guinea pigs were mounted in modified flux
chambers to determine the effect of distension on mucosal secretion. Ion secretion was …

ATP is a putative inhibitory neurotransmitter responsible for inhibitory junction potentials
(IJPs) at neuromuscular junctions (IJPs) in the intestine. This study tested the hypothesis that …

Convergence of inputs from extrinsic cardiac nerves [vagus and cardiopulmonary (CPN)] on
intrinsic cardiac neurons was investigated in the pig (Sus scrofa). A segment of the right …

We investigated the role of tachykinin receptor subtypes on secretory responses in the
guinea-pig distal colon using Ussing chamber experiments and intracellular recordings from …