Interstitital cells of Cajal in the human stomach: Distribution and relationship with enteric innervation

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1153-1164

  Ibba Manneschi, Lidia ^a   Pacini, S ^a   Corsani, L ^a   Bechi, P ^a   Faussone Pellegrini, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enteric nerves; Human stomach; Interstitital cells of Cajal; Nitric oxide; Substance P

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; STEM CELL FACTOR; SUBSTANCE P;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMISSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH FUNDUS; STOMACH INNERVATION;

AGED; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; STOMACH; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 6344246316     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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