The Enteric Nervous System : 30 Years Later - Brierley, Stuart; Costa, Marcello; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016)
Preface -- Memories and promises of the Enteric Nervous System and its functions -- A personal perspective on the development of our understanding of the myogenic control mechanisms of gut motor function -- Enteric inhibitory neurotransmission, starting down under -- Spatiotemporal Maps in motility research -- Development of neural activity in the Enteric Nervous System: Similarities and differences to other parts of the nervous system -- ENS development research since 1983: Great strides but many remaining challenges -- Extrinsic sensory innervation of the gut - structure and function -- Ageing and gastrointestinal sensory function -- Altered ion channel/receptor expression and function in extrinsic sensory neurons: The cause of and solution to chronic visceral pain? -- Purinergic signalling in the gut -- Is there a role for endogenous 5-HT in gastrointestinal motility? How recent studies have changed our understanding -- Enteric Neuropathies: Yesterday, today and tomorrow -- Postnatal development of the mouse enteric nervous system -- G protein-coupled receptor trafficking and signalling in the enteric nervous system: the past, present and future -- The intrinsic reflex circuitry of the inflamed colon -- Integrated Neural and Endocrine Control of Gastrointestinal Function -- Enteric Neurobiology: Discoveries and directions -- Advanced 3D optical microscopy in ENS research -- Excitability and synaptic transmission in the enteric nervous system: Does diet play a role? -- Recording in vivo human colonic motility - what have we learnt over the past 100 years? -- Index.
Keywords: Neurosciences; Gastroenterology .; Neurosciences; Gastroenterology