Electromotor Activity of the Cecum and Ascending Colon: The Concept of ‘Individual Pacemakers’

6 September 2004

journal article
research article
Published by S. Karger AG in European Surgical Research

Vol. 36 (5), 308-312
https://doi.org/10.1159/000079916

Abstract

Background/Aims: The cecum is described as differing anatomically from the ascending colon (AC); yet their similarity or difference in terms of motile activity has not been studied

Keywords

SLOW WAVES
PACESETTER POTENTIALS
ACTION POTENTIALS
CECOCOLONIC JUNCTION
CECOCOLONIC SPHINCTER

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Do gap junctions couple interstitial cells of Cajal pacing and neurotransmission to gastrointestinal smooth muscle?
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