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The colonic migrating motor complex (CMMC) is a critical neurally mediated rhythmic propulsive contraction observed in the large intestine of many mammals. It seems to be equivalent to the high...
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Gastric peristalsis begins in the orad corpus and propagates to the pylorus. Directionality of peristalsis depends upon orderly generation and propagation of electrical slow waves and a frequency gradient...
Sanders KM, Salter AK, Hennig GW, Koh SD, Perrino BA, Ward SM, Baker SA
KMID: 2381169
J Neurogastroenterol Motil.
2014 Apr;20(2):171-184.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) play important functions in motor activity of the gastrointestinal tract. The role of ICC as pacemakers is well established, however their participation in neurotransmission...
McCann CJ, Hwang SJ, Hennig GW, Ward SM, Sanders KM
KMID: 2381191
J Neurogastroenterol Motil.
2014 Jul;20(3):326-337.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Several motility disorders are associated with disruption of interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC), which provide important functions, such as pacemaker activity, mediation of neural inputs and responses to stretch...