Nitric oxide synthase-containing neurons in the myenteric plexus of the rat gastrointestinal tract: Distribution and regional density

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-112

  Jarvinen, Michael K ^a   Wollmann, Wyatt J ^a   Powrozek, Teresa A ^a   Schultz, Jonathan A ^a   Powley, Terry L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Immunohistochemistry; Myenteric ganglia; Wholemounts

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DUODENUM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAMPLE; STAINING; STOMACH;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DUODENUM; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STOMACH;

EID: 0033059758     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050213     Document Type: Article

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