Ultrastructure of the central subnucleus of the nucleus tractus solitarii and the esophageal afferent terminals in the rat

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 273-281

  Hayakawa, Tetsu ^a   Takanaga, Akinori ^a   Tanaka, Koichi ^a   Maeda, Seishi ^a   Seki, Makoto ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Peristalsis; Synaptology; Transganglionic anterograde tracing; Vagal afferents

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALIA; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; GLOMERULUS;

EID: 0037353349     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-002-0288-z     Document Type: Article

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