has soma location has soma location enteric neuron intestinofugal neuron 2026-03-10T14:42:58Z VFN An enteric neuron whose soma resides in the myenteric plexus of the intestine and whose axon projects outside the gut wall to synapse on neurons in prevertebral sympathetic ganglia (celiac, superior mesenteric, or inferior mesenteric ganglia). This neuron provides a pathway for gut-to-brain communication via sympathetic prevertebral ganglia. In humans, 89% are immunopositive for choline acetyltransferase (ChAT); CART (cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript) is NOT a human marker (0% CART+) but is present in rodent viscerofugal neurons. GitHub Copilot cholinergic viscerofugal neuron viscerofugal neuron myenteric nerve plexus