Innervation of the rat anterior abdominal wall as shown by modified Sihler's stain

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 98-101

  Calguner, Engin ^a   Erdogan, Deniz ^a   Elmas, Cigdem ^a   Bahcelioglu, Meltem ^a   Gozil, Rabet ^a   Ayhan, Mehmet Suhan ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall muscle innervation; Sihler's stain technique

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INGUINAL REGION; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; RAT; SIHLERS STAIN TECHNIQUE; STAINING;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANIMALS; COLORING AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 32944474147     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090911     Document Type: Article

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