Morphoquantitative aspects of nitrergic myoenteric neurons from the stomach of diabetic rats supplemented with acetyl-L-carnitine

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-97

  Fregonesi, C E P T ^a   Molinari, S L ^a,b   Alves, A M P ^a,c   Defani, M A ^a,b   Zanoni, J N ^a,b   Bazotte, R B ^a,b   De Miranda Neto, M H ^a,b  

^a Sci Technol Fac Paulista S   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO OESTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVACECARNINE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ACETYLCARNITINE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STOMACH; SUBMUCOUS PLEXUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 17144417400     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2004.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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