Anterograde tracing and immunohistochemical characterization of potentially mechanosensitive vagal afferents in the esophagus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 412, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 161-172

  Kressel, Michael ^a   Radespiel Tröger, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calbindin; Calretinin; Deglutition; Mechanosensors; Substance P; Visceral afferents

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALRETININ; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; ISOPROPAMIDE IODIDE; SUBSTANCE P; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE PROJECTION; NODOSE GANGLION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; ESOPHAGUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANCE P; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0033552044     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990913)412:1<161::AID-CNE12>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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