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Enteric Nervous System (ENS)

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Enteric Nervous System (ENS) has been classiﬁed as the third division of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) in addition to the Sympathicus / Sympathetic Nervous System and Parasympathetic Nervous System / Parasympathicus / Vagus by Langley during the early 20 th century.
Langley 1921 W. Heffer & Sons Ltd, Cambridge
Furness & Costa 1980 Neuroscience 5(1): 1-20
Gershon 1981 Annual Review of Neuroscience 4(1): 227–272
Rao & Gershon 2018 Nature Reviews. Neuroscience, 19 (9): 552–565

The ENS is the largest and most complex unit of the peripheral nervous system and is located within the walls of the GI…

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Anatomy of muscular and neural tissues in the alimentary canal
Schoﬁeld 1968 in Handbook of Physiology, C. F. Code, Ed., pp. 1579–1627, American Physiological Society, Washington, DC
Bilateral Thoracoscopic Splanchnicectomy with Sympathectomy for Managing Abdominal Pain in Cancer Patients
Kang et al. 2007a Am. J. Surg. 194: 23-29
Human Submucosal Neurones Regulate Intestinal Epithelial Cell Proliferation: Evidence from a Novel Co-Culture Model
Toumi et al. 2003 Neurogastroenterol. Motil. 15: 239-242
Innervation of the gastrointestinal tract
Gabella 1979 International Review of Cytology 59: 129–193
Neural Control of the Intestinal Migrating Myoelectric Complex. A Pharmacological Analysis
El-Sharkawy et al. 1982 Can. J. Physiol. Pharmacol. 60: 794-804
The Autonomic Nervous System Part I
Langley 1921 W. Heffer & Sons Ltd, Cambridge
Types of neurons in the enteric nervous system
Furness 2000 Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System 81 (1-3): 87–96

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