Regional differences in the number of neurons in the myenteric plexus of the guinea pig small intestine and colon: An evaluation of markers used to count neurons

Anatomical Record

Volumn 244, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 470-480

  Karaosmanoglu, Tufan ^a   Aygun, Banu ^a   Wade, Paul R ^b   Gershon, Michael D ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

c fos; Cuprolinic blue; Duodenum; Enteric nervous system; Jejunum ileum; Large intestine; Proto oncogene

Indexed keywords

NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN S 100;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; COLON; GUINEA PIG; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL COUNT; COLON; EVALUATION STUDIES; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INDOLES; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURONS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0029988130     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199604)244:4<470::AID-AR5>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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