Effects of supplementation with ascorbic acid for a period of 120 days on the myosin-V and NADPHD positive myenteric neurons of the ileum of rats

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 149-153

  Zanoni, J N ^a   De Freitas, P ^a   Pereira, R V F ^a   Dos Santos Pereira, M A ^a   De Miranda Neto, M H ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; MYOSIN V; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; ILEUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STAINING; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; CELL PROLIFERATION; ILEUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; MYOSIN TYPE V; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 20444471397     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2005.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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