@article{oai:niigata-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00006526,
 author = {Tsuji, Shigeru},
 issue = {3},
 journal = {Acta medica et biologica, Acta medica et biologica},
 month = {Sep},
 note = {In 1966, Prof. Syomatu Yokoyama recorded the action potentials of the myenteric plexus (Auerbach's plexus) for the first time in the world. He successively elucidated the neural mechanism of the peristaltic reflex by means of an electrophysiological method: exitation above and inhibition below the stimulated spot of the intestine (the law of the intestine by Bayliss and Starling, 1899). Furthermore, he localized a minimal neural circuit necessary for the peristalsis into the myenteric plexus without yet eliminating the additional role of the submucous plexus (Meissner's plexus). As Dr. J.D. Wood (U.S.A.) stated in 1985, enteric neurophysiology began with the work of Yokoyama.},
 pages = {167--169},
 title = {Obituary : Professor Syomatu Yokoyama : Founder of Modern Electrophysiology of the Enteric Nervous System},
 volume = {41},
 year = {1993}
}