Vagal input to the enteric nervous system
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Vagal input to the enteric nervous system.
Background The enteric nervous system (ENS) of the gastrointestinal tract has traditionally been viewed as a system of ganglia that operates largely independently of the brain and spinal cord. Because of this postulated autonomy, the ENS has even been characterised as the “little brain” or the “second brain.” Recent neural tracing studies, however, challenge this canon of ENS autonomy. The view...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0017-5749
DOI: 10.1136/gut.47.suppl_4.iv30