Innervation of the Mammalian Esophagus

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Neuhuber, W.L (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, 185
• Subjects: Medicine.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.

Understanding the innervation of the esophagus is a prerequisite for successful treatment of a variety of disorders, e.g., dysphagia, achalasia, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and non-cardiac chest pain. Although, at first glance, functions of the esophagus are relatively simple, their neuro...