Neurofilament and intermediate filament immunoreactivity in human intestinal myenteric neurons

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1926-1932

  Eaker, Ervin Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Immunohistochemistry; Intermediate filaments; Monoclonal antibodies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLON; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COLON; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; ILEUM; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030863710     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018871428831     Document Type: Article

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