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ReviewDigestive diseases and sciences2009

Central nervous system plus autonomic nervous system disorders responsible for gastrointestinal and pancreatobiliary diseases.

Fuad Lechin, Bertha van der Dijs

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Review in Digestive diseases and sciences, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fuad LechinDepartment of Neurophysiology, Instituto de Medicina Experimental, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Apartado 80.983, Caracas, 1080, Venezuela. flechin@telcel.net.ve
Bertha van der Dijs
Central University of Venezuela · VE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinical digestive disorders depend on the non-adequate coupling of functioning of the gastrointestinal tract with that of its affluent systems, namely, the pancreatic exocrine and the hepato-biliary secretions. The secretion of gastrointestinal hormones is monitored by the peripheral autonomic nervous system. However, the latter is regulated by the central nervous system (CNS) circuitry localized at the medullary pontine segment of the CNS. In turn, both parasympathetic and adrenergic medullary circuitries are regulated by the pontine A5 noradrenergic (NA) and the dorsal raphe serotonergic nuclei, respectively. DR-5HT is positively correlated with the C1-Ad medullary nuclei (responsible for adrenal gland secretion), whereas the MR-5HT nucleus is positively correlated with the A5-NA pontomedullary nucleus. The latter is responsible for neural sympathetic activity (sympathetic nerves). Both types of sympathetic activities maintain an alternation with the peripheral parasympathetic branch, which is positively correlated with the enterochromaffin cells that secrete serotonin. Serotonin displays hormonal antagonism to the circulating catecholamines.

Indexed as

Autonomic Nervous SystemAutonomic Nervous System DiseasesCentral Nervous System DiseasesDigestive System DiseasesHormonesHumansMalignant Carcinoid SyndromePancreatitisHormones

Identifiers

PMID18629642
OpenAlexW2043466228

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