Regional differences in the number and type of myenteric neurons of the ileum of rats: A comparison of techniques of the neuronal evidentiation

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 54-59

  Miranda Neto, Marcílio Hubner ^a   Molinari, Sonia Lucy ^b   Natali, Maria Raquel Marçal ^b   Sant'Ana, Debora De Melo Gonçalves ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Giemsa; Ileum; Myenteric plexus; NADH diaphorase; NADPH diaphorase; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ILEUM; INNERVATION; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ILEUM; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0035289371     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2001000100012     Document Type: Article

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