Localization of choline acetyltransferase and NADPH diaphorase activities in the submucous ganglia of the guinea-pig colon

Brain Research

Volumn 712, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 107-116

  Wang, Xuan Yu ^a   Wong, Wai Chow ^a   Ling, Eng Ang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Choline acetyltransferase; Colon; Guinea pig; NADPH diaphorase; Submucous ganglia

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBMUCOSA;

EID: 0029988432     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01533-7     Document Type: Article

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