Morphological and Morphometrical Characteristics of the Esophageal Intrinsic Nervous System in the Golden Hamster

European Journal of Morphology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 137-144

  Izumi, Noriaki ^a   Matsuyama, Hayato ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshio ^a   Atoji, Yasuro ^a   Suzuki, Yoshitaka ^a   Unno, Toshihiro ^a   Takewaki, Tadashi ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Myenteric plexus; PGP 9.5; Submucosal plexus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GENE PRODUCT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CAT; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; GANGLION; HAMSTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNERVATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SUBMUCOSA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CRICETINAE; ESOPHAGUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURONS; SUBMUCOUS PLEXUS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; FELIS CATUS; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0242492339     PISSN: 09243860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ejom.40.3.137.16684     Document Type: Article

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