Morphologic pattern of myenteric neural plexus in colonic diverticular disease. A whole-mount study employing histochemical staining for acetylcholinesterase

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 525-530

  Deduchovas, Olegas ^a   Saladzinskas, Zilvinas ^a   Tamelis, Algimantas ^a   Pavalkis, Dainius ^a   Pauziene, Neringa ^b   Pauza, Dainius H ^b  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Lithuania)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Diverticular disease; Human; Morphology; Myenteric neural plexus; Sigmoid colon

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE PLEXUS; SIGMOID;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; COLON; DIVERTICULOSIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYENTERIC PLEXUS;

EID: 56949097757     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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