Morphology and neurochemistry of descending and ascending myenteric plexus neurons of sheep ileum

Anatomical Record

Volumn 290, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1480-1491

  Mazzuoli, Gemma ^a   Mazzoni, Maurizio ^a   Albanese, Valeria ^a   Clavenzani, Paolo ^a   Lalatta Costerbosa, Giovanna ^a   Lucchi, Maria L ^a   Furness, John B ^b   Chiocchetti, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

DiI; Enteric nervous system; Fast Blue; Nitric oxide synthase (NOS); Peripheral choline acetyltransferase (pCHAT); Sheep; Substance P (SP)

Indexed keywords

CARBOCYANINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FAST BLUE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ILEUM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNEURON; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MOTONEURON; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHEEP;

AMIDINES; ANIMALS; CARBOCYANINES; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; ILEUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHENOTYPE; SHEEP; SUBSTANCE P;

MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 37049029419     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20615     Document Type: Article

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