Ultrastructural localization of NADPH-diaphorase activity in the submucous ganglia of the guinea-pig intestine after vagotomy

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 611-617

  Wang, X Y ^a   Wong, W C ^a   Ling, E A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Guinea pig; Intestine; NADPH diaphorase; Submucous ganglia; Vagotomy

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GANGLION; GUINEA PIG; INTESTINE; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBMUCOSA; SYNAPSE VESICLE; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0029973827     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00187933     Document Type: Article

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