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Gut 2004;53:ii16-ii18 doi:10.1136/gut.2003.033449
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Interface between the intestinal environment and the nervous system

  1. O Lundgren
  1. Correspondence to:
    Professor O Lundgren
    Department of Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg University, Box 432, S-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden; ove.lundgrenfysiologi.gu.se

    Abstract

    Possible mechanisms by which the intestinal contents may influence afferent nerve fibres in the lamina propria of the intestinal mucosa are discussed in this brief review. After addressing intestinal epithelial permeability, endocrine and brush cells are discussed, as well as enterocytes, as sensors for luminal microbes.

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