Interstitial cells of Cajal: Once negligible players, now blazing protagonists

Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-31

  Faussone Pellegrini, Maria Simonetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Gut; Immunohistochemistry; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Laboratory mammals; Man

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE MUSCLE; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SMALL INTESTINE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STAINING; STOMACH MUSCLE; STRETCH RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CELL LINEAGE; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; NEURONS;

EID: 21044449625     PISSN: 11226714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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