The three-dimensional structure of myenteric neurons in the guinea-pig ileum

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-9

  Hanani, Menachem ^a   Ermilov, Leonid G ^b   Schmalz, Philip F ^b   Louzon, Vered ^a   Miller, Steven M ^b   Szurszewski, Joseph H ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Enteric nervous system; Guinea pig; Myenteric plexus; Neurons; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GUINEA PIGS; ILEUM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISOQUINOLINES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURONS;

EID: 0032581092     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(98)00054-X     Document Type: Article

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