Expression and developmental regulation of Oxytocin (OT) and Oxytocin Receptors (OTR) in the Enteric Nervous System (ENS) and intestinal epithelium

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 512, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 256-270

  Welch, Martha G ^a,b,c   Tamir, Hadassah ^a,b   Gross, Kara J ^a,b   Chen, Jason ^b   Anwar, Muhammad ^a   Gershon, Michael D ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Crypt villus junction; Irritable bowel syndrome; Maternal deprivation; Nodose

Indexed keywords

HU PROTEIN; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE VILLUS; MOUSE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NODOSE GANGLION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VARICOSIS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN;

EID: 58249093026     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21872     Document Type: Article

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