Mouse-isolated plexus differentiates neural crest precursors into enteric neuroblasts

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 391-396

  Brizzolara, A ^a   Favre, A ^a   Schafer K H ^b   Michelazzi, A ^a   Sanguineti, M ^c   Martucciello, G ^a   Jasonni, V ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Hirschsprung's disease; Neurofilaments; Ret protein; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN RET; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MOUSE; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; STEM CELL; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURAL CREST;

EID: 0036960236     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-36845     Document Type: Article

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