NEUR30002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Afferent Nerve Fiber, Splanchnic, Pylorus
11 Aug 2018
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Why should you be interested in the enteric nervous system: * the ens is the most complex nervous system outside the brain and is sometimes called the (cid:862)little (cid:271)(cid:396)ai(cid:374)(cid:863) because of its complexity. * the ens has strong interactions with the brain that regulate mood, regulate stress and regulate a whole variety of other elements. * most neurotransmitter and their receptors (that are found in the brain) are found in the ens. We can study the roles of these molecules in intact circuits. This is especially the case in relationship to things like acetylcholine, the peptide neurotransmitters, nitric oxide which is one of the gaseous neurotransmitters and many of the other transmitters operating through metabotropic receptors. * the ens is the nervous system found within the wall of the git. * the ens includes axons and terminals of visceral sensory neurons, sympathetic neurons and parasympathetic neurons that innervate the gi tract.
