C-Kit mutant mice have a selective loss of vagal intramuscular mechanoreceptors in the forestomach

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 203, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 11-26

  Fox, E A ^a   Phillips, Robert J ^a   Martinson, Fred A ^a   Baronowsky, Elizabeth A ^a   Powley, Terry L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Gastrointestinal tract; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Vagus nerve; Visceral afferents

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CELL; FORESTOMACH; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOUSE; NODOSE GANGLION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; VAGUS NERVE; ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; COILED BODY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MOUSE MUTANT; STOMACH;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; COILED BODIES; DEXTRANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NODOSE GANGLION; STOMACH; VAGUS NERVE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0035406490     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290100184     Document Type: Article

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