Characterisation of the adventitial rectal ganglia in the male rat by their immunohistochemical features and projections

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 396, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 429-441

  Luckensmeyer, Greta B ^a   Keast, Janet R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Afferent pathways; Autonomic ganglia; Choline acetyltransferase; Myenteric plexus; Pelvic plexus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECTUM; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; CATS; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINES; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE ENDINGS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECTUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0032514181     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980713)396:4<429::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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