c-Fos expression in the myenteric plexus, spinal cord and brainstem following injection of formalin in the rat colonic wall

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 77, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 140-151

  Miampamba, Marcel ^a   Sharkey, Keith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpha adrenergic; Area postrema; Enteric glia; Immediate early gene; Myenteric neurons; Nucleus of the solitary tract

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; PROTEIN C FOS; XYLAZINE; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; COLITIS; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032777046     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(99)00048-X     Document Type: Article

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