Quantification of subclasses of human colonic myenteric neurons by immunoreactivity to Hu, choline acetyltransferase and nitric oxide synthase

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 126-134

  Murphy, E M A ^b   Defontgalland, D ^b   Costa, M ^b   Brookes, S J H ^b   Wattchow, D A ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choline acetyltransferase; Cholinergic; Enteric nervous system; Myenteric plexus; Nitrergic; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ENOLASE; HU PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN S 100; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CELL TYPE; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL COUNT; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; HU PARANEOPLASTIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; S100 PROTEINS;

EID: 33846378830     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2006.00843.x     Document Type: Article

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