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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neural Eng. 2017 Dec;14(6):066010. doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/aa86c8

Figure 1. Computational model of gut motility simulates peristalsis.

Figure 1

(a) Illustration of pellet moving through a section of the GI tract. Illustration is not drawn to scale. (b) Network of model enteric neurons, smooth muscle, and ICC. SN: sensory neuron, AI: ascending interneuron, DI: descending interneuron, IN: inhibitory motor neuron, EN: excitatory motor neuron, CM: circular muscle fiber. (c) Pellet position over time, along with raster plots of sensory neuron action potentials and circular muscle fiber contractions, as functions of position.