Immunohistochemical characterization and quantitative analysis of neurons in the myenteric plexus of the equine intestine

Brain Research

Volumn 1244, Issue , 2008, Pages 53-64

  Freytag, Christiane ^a   Seeger, Johannes ^a   Siegemund, Thomas ^a,b   Grosche, Jens ^a,c   Grosche, Astrid ^d   Freeman, David E ^d   Schusser, Gerald F ^a   Härtig, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Choline acetyltransferase; Horse; Immunofluorescence; Myenteric plexus; Nitric oxide synthase; Whole mount

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ; CELL MARKER; COLCHICINE; PROTEIN HUC D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLEXURA PELVINA; GANGLION; HORSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COLON; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE, SMALL; INTESTINES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURONS; NITRERGIC NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 56049098486     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.09.070     Document Type: Article

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