Regional structural differences in the neuronal composition of myenteric ganglia along the pig small intestine

Anatomical Record

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-116

  Brehmer, Axel ^a   Stach, Werner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Gradient; Morphology; Myenteric plexus; Neuron number; Neuron type; Silver impregnation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; FEMALE; ILEUM; INTESTINE INNERVATION; JEJUNUM; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER IMPREGNATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; ILEUM; JEJUNUM; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; SILVER STAINING; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031984778     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199801)250:1<109::AID-AR11>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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