Structure of Enteric Neurons
1 Introduction The plexuses of Auerbach and Meissner are peculiar to the gut; they extend from the beginning of the unstriated portion of the oesophagus to the end of the rectum. They have usually been considered to belong to the sympathetic system, but i
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Editors F. F. Beck, Melbourne · F. Clascá, Madrid D. E. Haines, Jackson · H.-W. Korf, Frankfurt E. Marani, Enschede · R. Putz, München Y. Sano, Kyoto · T. H. Schiebler, Würzburg K. Zilles, Düsseldorf
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Structure of Enteric Neurons With 24 Figures and 2 Tables
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Prof. Dr. Axel Brehmer Institute of Anatomy 1 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Krankenhausstr. 9 91054 Erlangen Germany e-mail: [email protected]
ISSN 0301-5556 ISBN-10 3-540-32871-8 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York ISBN-13 978-3-540-32871-1 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
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This paper is dedicated to those human beings who permitted us to study the human enteric nervous system between October 2000 and October 2005.
Acknowledgements
I am very grateful to the following persons and institutions: Anita Hecht, Andrea Hilpert, Stephanie Link, Karin Löschner, Hedwig Symowski and Inge Zimmermann for excellent technical assistance; Tobias M. Lindig for performing the 3D-reconstructions; Hiroshi Kimura (Otsu Shiga, Japan) for providing us with the pChAT-antibody; Winfried L. Neuhuber (Erlangen, Germany) and John B. Furness (Melbourne, Australia) who gave valuable comments on the manuscript; Patricia Heron (Erlangen) for helping with the grammar; Gerhard Seitz and Barbara Blaser (Bamberg), Thomas Papadopoulos, Arno Dimmler, Roland Croner, Bertram Reingruber and Martin Rexer (Erlangen) as well as Holger Rupprecht and Daniel Ditterich (Fürth) for kind cooperation; and the Johannes and Frieda Marohn-Stiftung (Breh/99; Erlangen) and the Deuts
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