Editing Myenteric plexus (section)

==Structure==
A part of the [[enteric nervous system]], the myenteric plexus exists between the longitudinal and circular layers of muscularis externa in the gastrointestinal tract.  It is found in the muscles of the esophagus, stomach, and intestine.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}}

The ganglia have properties similar to the [[central nervous system]] (CNS). These properties include presence of glia, interneurons, a small extracellular space, dense synaptic neuropil, isolation from blood vessels, multiple synaptic mechanisms and multiple neurotransmitters.

The myenteric plexus originates in the [[medulla oblongata]] as a collection of neurons from the ventral part of the brain stem. The vagus nerve then carries the axons to their destination in the gastrointestinal tract.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0039887 |pmid=22768317 |pmc=3388088 |title=Mechanosensitive Enteric Neurons in the Myenteric Plexus of the Mouse Intestine |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=7 |issue=7 |pages=e39887 |year=2012 |last1=Mazzuoli |first1=Gemma |last2=Schemann |first2=Michael |bibcode=2012PLoSO...739887M |doi-access=free }}</ref>

They contain [[Dogiel cells]].<ref>{{cite journal |pmid=507375 |year=1979 |last1=Stach |first1=W |title=Differentiated vascularization of Dogiel's cell types and the preferred vascularization of type I/2 cells within plexus myentericus (Auerbach) ganglia of the pig (author's transl) |journal=Anatomischer Anzeiger |volume=145 |issue=5 |pages=464–73 }}</ref>