MARC Record from Library of Congress

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008 050822s2006 maua b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9781405133760
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050 00 $aRC817$b.F87 2006
060 00 $a2006 B-033
060 10 $aWL 600$bF988e 2006
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100 1 $aFurness, John Barton.
245 14 $aThe enteric nervous system /$cJohn Barton Furness.
260 $aMalden, Mass. :$bBlackwell Pub.,$c2006.
300 $axiii, 274 p. :$bill. (some col.) ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 214-266) and index.
505 0 $aThe enteric plexuses -- Interconnections between the plexuses -- Extent of the ganglionated plexuses -- Intramural extensions of extrinsic nerves -- Electron microscope studies -- Enteric glia -- The structural similarities and functional differences between regions may have an evolutionary basis -- Development of the enteric nervous system -- Maturation of enteric neurons and development of function -- Changes in enteric neurons with aging -- Summary and conclusions -- Shapes of enteric neurons -- Cell physiological classifications of enteric neurons -- Functionally defined enteric neurons -- Neurons in human intestine with equivalence to those investigated in laboratory animals -- Summary and conclusions -- Evolution of ideas about enteric circuitry -- Motility controlling circuits of the small and large intestine -- Intrinsic secretomotor and vasomotor circuits -- Assemblies of neurons -- Circuits in the esophagus and stomach -- Co-ordination of motility, secretomotor and vasomotor reflexes -- Circuits connecting the intestine, biliary system and pancreas -- Sympathetic innervation of the gastrointestinal tract -- Summary and conclusions -- Chemical coding and multiple transmitters -- Transmitters of motor neurons that innervate the smooth muscle of the gut -- Transmitters at neuro-neuronal synapses -- Sites within the reflex circuitry where specific pharmacologies of transmission can be deduced to occur -- Transmission from entero-endocrine cells to IPANs -- Roles of interstitial cells of cajal in neuromuscular transmission -- Transmitters of secretomotor and vasodilator neurons -- Synapses in secretomotor and vasodilator pathways -- Transmitters of motor neurons innervating gastrin cells -- Summary and conclusions -- Rhythmic activity of gastrointestinal muscle -- Structure and properties of interstitial cells of cajal -- Relationship between slow wave activity and neural control -- Gastric motility -- Patterns of small intestine motility and their intrinsic neural control -- Motility of the colon -- Neural control of the esophagus -- Gall-bladder motility -- Sphincters -- Muscle of the mucosa -- Mechanism of sympathetic inhibition of motility in non-sphincter regions -- Sympathetic innervation of the sphincters -- Physiological effects of noradrenergic neurons on motility in undisturbed animals -- Reflex activities of sympathetic neurons that affect motility -- Summary and conclusions -- Water and electrolyte secretion in the small and large intestines -- Reflex control of water and electrolyte secretion -- Secretion of gastric acid -- Pepsinogen secretion -- Gastric secretion of bicarbonate -- Secretion into the gall bladder -- Pancreatic exocrine secretion -- Summary and conclusions -- Therapeutic endpoints for motility disorders -- Therapies for secretory diarrheas -- Enteric neuropathies involving neuronal loss or phenotypic changes -- Mitochondriopathies with intestinal manifestations -- Irritable bowel syndrome and plasticity of enteric neurons -- Summary and conclusions.
650 0 $aGastrointestinal system$xDiseases.
650 12 $aEnteric Nervous System$xphysiology.
650 22 $aNeurons$xphysiology.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0518/2005024527.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2005024527-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2005024527-d.html