Vagus nerve stimulation preferentially induces Fos expression in nitrergic neurons of rat esophagus

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 324, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 361-367

  Kuramoto, Hirofumi ^a   Kadowaki, Makoto ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Fos; Intrinsic neurons; Nitrergic; Rat (Wistar, male); Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ESOPHAGUS; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS V-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646340154     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-005-0124-x     Document Type: Article

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