Neuronal plasticity of the enteric nervous system is correlated with chagasic megacolon development

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1337-1342

  Da Silveira, A B M ^a   Freitas, M A R ^b   De Oliveira, E C ^c   Neto, S G ^c   Luquetti, A O ^c   Furness, J B ^d   Correa Oliveira, R ^a   D'Avila Reis, D ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Chagasic megacolon; Enteric nervous system; GAP 43; Neuronal regeneration

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HU PROTEIN; NEUROMODULIN;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON DILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MEGACOLON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE PLEXUS; NERVE REGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; COLON; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GAP-43 PROTEIN; HUMANS; MEGACOLON; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SUBMUCOUS PLEXUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 51949094689     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182008004770     Document Type: Article

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