Spatial Pattern Analysis of Nitrergic Neurons in the Developing Myenteric Plexus of the Human Fetal Intestine

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 108-112

  Roman V ^a   Bagyanszki M ^a   Krecsmarik, M ^a   Horvath A ^a   Resch, B A ^a   Fekete, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b NONE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase histochemistry; Plexus Pattern Analysis; Randomization; Spatial pattern formation

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; NEURAL CREST; NITRERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1042302743     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.10112     Document Type: Article

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