Anatomical and neurochemical features of the extrinsic and intrinsic innervation of the striated muscle in the porcine esophagus: Evidence for regional and species differences

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 311, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 289-297

  Wu, M ^a   Majewski, M ^c   Wojtkiewicz, J ^c   Vanderwinden, J M ^b   Adriaensen, D ^a   Timmermans, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Co innervation; Enteric nervous system; Esophagus; Motor endplate; Pig

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; GALANIN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NITRERGIC NERVE; NODOSE GANGLION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SWINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VAGOTOMY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 12444339916     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-002-0696-7     Document Type: Article

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