Cholinergic staining of bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 141-145

  Cavallotti, Carlo ^a   Tonnarini, Gianfranco ^a   D'Andrea, Vito ^a   Cavallotti, Daniela ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SPIRITO SANTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Age related changes; Bronchus; Cholinergic nerve fibers; Lymphoid tissue

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRONCHUS; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADULT; AGED; BRONCHI; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 20944447472     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084845     Document Type: Article

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