Number and size of myenteric neurons of the duodenum of adult rats with acute diabetes

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 57, Issue 3 B, 1999, Pages 740-745

  Furlan, Maria Montserrat Diaz Pedrosa ^a   De Miranda Neto, Marcílio H ^b   Sant'Ana, Débora De Mello G ^b   Molinari, Sônia L ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute diabetes; Duodenum; Myenteric neurons; NADH diaphorase

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B5 REDUCTASE; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL METABOLISM; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DUODENUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

EID: 0032847234     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X1999000500003     Document Type: Article

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