Ultrastructure of intramural ganglia in the striated muscle portions of the guinea pig oesophagus

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-120

  Morikawa, Shunichi ^b   Komuro, Terumasa ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Auerbach's plexus; Enteric nervous system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CYTOPLASM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GANGLION; GLIA CELL; GUINEA PIG; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VARICOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032785458     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878299005105     Document Type: Article

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