Distribution of nitric oxide synthase-containing nerves in the aganglionic intestine of mutant rats: A histochemical study

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 214-223

  Teramoto, Makoto ^a   Domoto, Tokio ^a   Tanigawa, Keiichiro ^a   Yasui, Yukihiko ^a   Tamura, Katsuhiro ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenitally aganglionic rats; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide; Whole mount staining

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADVENTITIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANUS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CECUM; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GANGLION; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; ILEUM; INTESTINE; INTESTINE MUSCLE; NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECTUM; SUBMUCOSA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINES; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS;

EID: 0029980571     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02389520     Document Type: Article

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