News Physiol Sci. 1999 Oct;14:201-206. doi: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1999.14.5.201.
News in physiological sciences : an international journal of physiology produced jointly by the International Union of Physiological Sciences and the American Physiological Society
Peter Holzer, Maria A. Pabst
PMID: 11390851 DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1999.14.5.201
Gastric mucosal homeostasis requires rapid alarm of protective mechanisms in the face of pending injury. This article summarizes the evidence that spinal afferent neurons monitor insults to the gastric mucosa and activate local mechanisms of defense and repair through release of transmitter peptides from their endings in the stomach.