A comparative histochemical and immunohistochemical study of aminergic, cholinergic and peptidergic innervation in rat, hamster, guinea pig, dog and human livers

Liver

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 352-359

  Akiyoshi, Hideo ^a   Gonda, Tatsuo ^a,b   Terada, Tadashi ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE); Comparative histology; Innervation; liver; neuropeptide; parasympathetic; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; GALANIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; GUINEA PIG; HAMSTER; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RAT;

EID: 0031754718     PISSN: 01069543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0676.1998.tb00817.x     Document Type: Article

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