Development and plasticity of interstitial cells of Cajal

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 311-338

  Sanders, Kenton M ^a   Ordog T ^a   Koh, S D ^a   Torihashi, S ^a   Ward, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

c kit; Electrical slow waves; Enteric nervous system; Gastrointestinal motility; Pacemakers; Stem cell factor

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; GAP JUNCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; ION CONDUCTANCE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 0032823887     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2982.1999.00164.x     Document Type: Review

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