The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is innervated by intrinsic enteric neurons and by extrinsic
efferent and afferent nerves. The enteric (intrinsic) nervous system (ENS) in most regions of …

Major advances have been made in our understanding of the nervous system in the
gastrointestinal tract, the enteric nervous system. Because of its importance …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Enteric nervous system stem cells (ENSSCs) provide potential
therapeutic tools to replenish absent ganglia in Hirschsprung's disease. Although full …

Parkinson's disease is characterized by the pathological aggregation of Alpha‐synuclein.
The dual‐hit hypothesis proposed by Braak implicates the enteric nervous system as an …

Some patients with colonic diverticula suffer recurrent abdominal pain and exhibit visceral
hypersensitivity, though the mechanism is unclear. Prior diverticulitis increases the risk of …

The first comprehensive single-source reference on the minipig, this accessible manual
provides a resource for research scientists on the potential and use of the minipig as a …

The porcine intestinal tract possesses functional and pathological similarities to the human
digestive tract and the organization of the porcine enteric nervous system, like that of the …

The enteric nervous system is an integrative brain with collection of neurons in the
gastrointestinal tract which is capable of functioning independently of the central nervous …

The enteric nervous system (ENS) represents the highly organized intrinsic innervation of
the gastrointestinal tract and plays a critical role for all stages of postnatal life. Severe …

AIM: To investigate different methods of creating incomplete intestinal obstruction in a rat
model and to compare their electrophysiologic, morphologic and histologic characteristics …