The enteric nervous system is not essential for the propulsion of gut contents in fetal mice [5]

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Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1546-1547

  Anderson, R B ^a   Enomoto, H ^b   Bornstein, J C ^a   Young, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN RET; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BILE ACID METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS FUNCTION TEST; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LETTER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FETUS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; INTESTINES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 4644297392     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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