Differentiation of cholinergic cells in the rat gut during pre-and postnatal life

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 206, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 105-108

  Vannucchi, Maria Giuliana ^a   Faussone Pellegrini, Maria Simonetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Choline acetyltransferase; Development; Enteric plexuses; Immunohistochemistry; Rat

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; ILEUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STOMACH;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0029912172     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)12440-X     Document Type: Article

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