Neuroanat and Physiology of Abdominal Vagal Afferents

Sue Ritter, Robert C. Ritter and Charles D. Barnes

Comparative Anatomy of Medullary Vagal Nerve Nuclei (T.E. Finger). Viscerotopic Representation of the Alimentary Tract in the Dorsal and Ventral Vagal Complexes in the Rat (S.M. Altschuler, L. Rinamam, and R.R. Miselis). The Dorsal Vagal Complex Forms A Sensory-Motor Lattice: The Circuitry of Gastrointestinal Reflexes (T.L. Powley, H.R. Berthoud, E.A. Fox, and W. Laughton). Central Connections of the Nuclei of the Vagus Nerve (R.A. Leslie, D.J.M. Reynolds, and I.N.C. Lawes). Central Regulation of Brainstem Gastric Vago-Vagal Control Circuits (R.C. Rogers and G.E. Hermann). Vagal Afferent Innervation of the Enteric Nervous System (C. Sternini). Vagal Receptor Transport (T.H. Moran and P.R. McHugh). Vagal Afferent Mechanisms of Mechano- and Chemoreception (D. Grundy). Vagal Afferent Innervation and the Regulation of Gastric Motor Function (H.E. Raybould). Participation of Vagal Sensory Neurons in Putative Satiety Signals From the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract (R.C. Ritter, L. Brenner, and D.P. Yox). Cooperation of Vagal and Central Neural Systems in Monitoring Metabolic Events Controlling Feeding Behavior (S. Ritter, N.Y. Calingasan, B. Hutton, and T.T. Dinh). A Protective Role for Vagal Afferents: An Hypothesis (P.L.R. Andrews and I.N.C. Lawes). Index.