Emperipolesis of lymphoid cells in vagal efferent neurons following an intraneural injection of ricin into the vagus nerve in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 270, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 153-156

  Ng, Yee Kong ^a   Ling, Eng Ang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Lymphocytes; Macrophages; Ricin; Vagal neurons

Indexed keywords

RICIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOID CELL; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INJECTIONS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS, EFFERENT; NEUROPIL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RICIN; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0033529969     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00490-5     Document Type: Article

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