A new method for the isolation of myenteric plexus from the newborn rat gastrointestinal tract

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-113

  Schäfer, Karl Herbert ^a   Saffrey, M Jill ^b   Burnstock, Geoffrey ^c   Mestres Ventura, Pedro ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Enteric glia; Enteric neuron; Myenteric plexus

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE PREPARATION; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEUROSCIENCES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0344765477     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(96)00017-7     Document Type: Article

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