A smooth muscle nodule producing 10-12 cycle/min regular contractions at the mesenteric border of the pacemaker area in the guinea-pig colon

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-168

  Kobayashi, Shigeru ^a   Chowdhury, Jalal Uddin ^a   Tokuno, Hiroyuki ^a   Nahar, Niru Shamsun ^a   Iino, Satoshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; COLON; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MALE; MESENTERY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0029990738     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.59.159     Document Type: Article

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