Distribution, morphology and projections of nitergic and non-nitrergic submucosal neurons in the pig small intestine

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-94

  Brehmer, Axel ^a   Stach, Werner ^b   Krammer, Heinz Jürgen ^c   Neuhuber, Winfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CELL STRUCTURE; DUODENUM; HISTOCHEMISTRY; ILEUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; JEJUNUM; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER IMPREGNATION; SMALL INTESTINE; SUBMUCOSA; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031883360     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004180050205     Document Type: Article

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