Quantitative analysis of sacral parasympathetic nucleus innervating the rectum in rats with anorectal malformation

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1544-1548

  Jia, Huimin ^a   Zhang, Keren ^a   Zhang, Shucheng ^a   Yuan, Zhengwei ^a   Bai, Yuzuo ^a   Wang, Weilin ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anorectal malformation; Rectum; Sacral parasympathetic neurons

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE; INTESTINE INNERVATION; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RECTUM; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANAL CANAL; ANIMALS; CONSTIPATION; ETHYLENETHIOUREA; FEMALE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECTUM;

EID: 34548441264     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.04.034     Document Type: Article

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