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Identification of transmitters of functionally defined enteric neurons

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Abstract

The sections in this article are:

1 Motor Neurons to Muscle
1.1 Cholinergic Motor Neurons to Muscle
1.2 Noncholinergic Excitatory Motor Transmission to Muscle
1.3 Enteric Inhibitory Motor Transmission to Muscle
1.4 Enteric Vasodilator Neurons
1.5 Enteric Secretomotor Neurons
1.6 Transmission to Gastrin‐Releasing Endocrine Cells
2 Transmission at Neuroneuronal Synapses
2.1 Fast Excitatory Synaptic Potentials
2.2 Slow Excitatory Synaptic Potentials
2.3 Inhibitory Synaptic Potentials
2.4 Presynaptic Inhibition at Neuroneuronal Synapses
2.5 Actions at Neuromuscular Junction
2.6 Sensory Neurons
2.7 Possible Transmitter Roles of Neurochemicals of Enteric Neurons
3 Implications of Coexistence of Putative Transmitters in Enteric Neurons
4 Future Expectations
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John B. Furness, Marcello Costa. Identification of transmitters of functionally defined enteric neurons. Compr Physiol 2011, Supplement 16: Handbook of Physiology, The Gastrointestinal System, Motility and Circulation: 387-402. First published in print 1989. doi: 10.1002/cphy.cp060111