Further observations on the gap-junction-rich cells in the deep muscular plexus of the rat small intestine

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-141

  Seki, Keisuke ^a   Komuro, Terumasa ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gap junction; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Intestine; Motility; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURFACE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAP JUNCTION; GOLGI COMPLEX; INTESTINE MUSCLE; LEYDIG CELL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIBOSOME; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SMALL INTESTINE;

ANIMALS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031929884     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050125     Document Type: Article

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