Spiny versus stubby: 3D reconstruction of human myenteric (type I) neurons

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Lindig, Tobias M ^a,b,c   Kumar, Vinod ^b   Kikinis, Ron ^c   Pieper, Steve ^c,d   Schrödl, Falk ^a   Neuhuber, Winfried L ^a   Brehmer, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Isomics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Enteric nervous system; Gut; Innervation; Neuron type

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENKEPHALIN, LEUCINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURONS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 65849471828     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: 1432119X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-008-0505-9     Document Type: Article

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