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ReviewAutonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical2011

Plasticity of vagal brainstem circuits in the control of gastrointestinal function.

Kirsteen N Browning, R Alberto Travagli

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Review in Autonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Obesity and Gut-Brain Communication: The Cholinergic-Endocannabinoid Link.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  6. GABAiScience · 2025
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  12. Renal denervation based on experimental rationale.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2021
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  13. Roles of the nervous system in pancreatic cancer.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2021
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  14. The role of astrocytes in the nucleus tractus solitarii in maintaining central control of autonomic function.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2021
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  20. Necrotizing enterocolitis: It's not all in the gut.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Kirsteen N BrowningDepartment of Neural and Behavioral Sciences, Penn State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, MC H109, Hershey, PA 17033, USA. knb13@psu.edu
R Alberto Travagli

Funding

BRAINSTEM CIRCUITS CONTROLLING GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTIONR01DK055530 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI BROWNING, KIRSTEEN NAIRN · 1998 to 2020
$4.6M
NIDDK NIH HHS DK 55530NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK055530
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The afferent vagus transmits sensory information from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and other viscera to the brainstem via a glutamatergic synapse at the level of the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS). Second order NTS neurons integrate this sensory information with inputs from other CNS regions that regulate autonomic functions and homeostasis. Glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons are responsible for conveying the integrated response to other nuclei, including the adjacent dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMV). The preganglionic neurons in the DMV are the source of the parasympathetic motor response back to the GI tract. The glutamatergic synapse between the NTS and DMV is unlikely to be tonically active in regulating gastric motility and tone although almost all neurotransmitters tested so far modulate transmission at this synapse. In contrast, the tonic inhibitory GABAergic input from the NTS to the DMV appears to be critical in setting the tone of gastric motility and, under basal conditions, is unaffected by many neurotransmitters or neurohormones. This review is based, in part, on a presentation by Dr Browning at the 2009 ISAN meeting in Sydney, Australia and discusses how neurohormones and macronutrients modulate glutamatergic transmission to NTS neurons and GABAergic transmission to DMV neurons in relation to sensory information that is received from the GI tract. These neurohormones and macronutrients appear to exert efficient "on-demand" control of the motor output from the DMV in response to ever-changing demands required to maintain homeostasis.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrain StemGastrointestinal TractHumansNeural PathwaysNeuronal Plasticity

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PMID21147043
PMCPMC3061976

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