Motility patterns and distribution of interstitial cells of Cajal and nitrergic neurons in the proximal, mid- and distal-colon of the rat

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 133-147

  Alberti E ^a   Mikkelsen, H B ^b   Larsen, J O ^b   Jimenez M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Mechanical activity; Pacemaker; Rat colon

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DESCENDING COLON; ELECTRIC FIELD; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSVERSE COLON;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COLON; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 13444254310     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2004.00603.x     Document Type: Article

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