Distribution and structure of vagal afferent intraganglionic laminar endings (IGLEs) in the rat gastrointestinal tract

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-191

  Berthoud, Hans Rudolf ^a   Patterson, Laurel M ^a   Neumann, Friederike ^b   Neuhuber, Winfried L ^b  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Myenteric plexus; Vagal afferents; Visceral afferents; Visceral sensation

Indexed keywords

CARBOCYANINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CECUM; COLON; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM; ESOPHAGUS; INTESTINE INNERVATION; JEJUNUM; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MICROINJECTION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NODOSE GANGLION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; STOMACH; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CELL COUNT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE ENDINGS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031020543     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050037     Document Type: Article

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