Effects of pre- and postnatal protein deprivation and postnatal refeeding on myenteric neurons of the rat large intestine: A quantitative morphological study

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 310, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-7

  Castelucci, Patrícia ^a,b   De Souza, Romeu ^a   De Angelis, Rebeca ^a   Furness, John B ^b   Liberti, Edson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Intestine; Nutrition; Rat (Wistar)

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SIZE; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTESTINE INNERVATION; LARGE INTESTINE; MALE; MOTHER; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REFEEDING; STAINING; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; INTESTINE, LARGE; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037209439     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-002-0615-y     Document Type: Article

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