Effects of pre- and postnatal protein energy deprivation on the myenteric plexus of the small intestine: A morphometric study in weanling rats

Nutrition Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-223

  Brandao M C S ^a   De Angelis, R C ^a   De Souza, R R ^a   Froes L B ^a   Liberti, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autonomic Nervous System; Malnutrition; Myenteric Plexus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; COLLAGEN; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PERIKARYON; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037301414     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(02)00459-1     Document Type: Article

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