Coupling among interstitial cells of Cajal in the human ileum

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-80

  Belzer, V ^a   Nissan, A ^a   Freund, H R ^a   Hanani, M ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dye coupling; Gap junctions; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Lucifer yellow; Myenteric plexus; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; LUCIFER YELLOW; OCTANOL; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; STAINING;

ADULT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ILEUM; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; ISOQUINOLINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYENTERIC PLEXUS;

EID: 1342331489     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2982.2003.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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