High-and medium-molecular-weight neurofilament proteins define specific neuron types in the guinea-pig enteric nervous system

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 335, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 529-538

  Rivera, Leni R ^a   Thacker, Michelle ^a   Furness, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Enteric nervous system; Guinea pig; Neurofilament proteins; Nitric oxide synthase; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

ISOLECTIN B4; NEUROFILAMENT H PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT M PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; ENTERIC NEURON; FEMALE; GANGLION; HARTLEY GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MALE; MEDIUM SPINY NEURON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOTONEURON; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SUBMUCOSA; SUBMUCOSAL GANGLION; TYPE II NEURON; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; SMALL INTESTINE;

ANIMALS; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I;

EID: 67651151567     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-008-0732-3     Document Type: Article

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