Multiple myenteric networks in the human appendix

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-54

  Hanani, Menachem ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Appendix; Enteric nervous system; Myenteric plexus

Indexed keywords

IODIDE;

ADULT; AGED; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INNERVATION; LARGE INTESTINE; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SMALL INTESTINE; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0842324884     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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