| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3294780 | Gastroenterology | 2009 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
Varicose branching axons of sensory neurons on intramural blood vessels, previously shown to mediate sensory vasodilation, are transduction sites for medium/high-threshold, stretch-sensitive mechanoreceptors, encoding large distentions in hollow viscera.
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Authors
Xingyun Song, Bao Nan Chen, Vladimir P. Zagorodnyuk, Penny A. Lynn, L. Ashley Blackshaw, David Grundy, Alan M. Brunsden, Marcello Costa, Simon J.H. Brookes,