Morphologic analysis of the neuromuscular development of the anorectal unit in fetal rats with retinoic acid induced myelomeningocele

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 430, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-162

  Danzer, Enrico ^a   Radu, Antoneta ^a   Robinson, Lauren E ^a   Volpe, MaryAnn V ^b   Adzick, N Scott ^a   Flake, Alan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteric neurons; Fecal incontinence; Myelomeningocele; Retinoic acid; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; GENE PRODUCT; GENE PRODUCT 9.5; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NEUROTUBULIN BETA III; PROTEIN HOXB5; RETINOIC ACID; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL CREST CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTESTINE, LARGE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PREGNANCY; RATS; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TRETINOIN; TUBULIN; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

EID: 37549001045     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.10.048     Document Type: Article

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