Morphometric and quantitative study of the myenteric neurons of the stomach of malnourished aging rats

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 167-174

  De Sousa, Fernando Carlos ^a   De Miranda Neto, Marcílio Hubner ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Hypoproteic chow; NADH diaphorase positive myenteric neurons; Stomach

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGING; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORPHOMETRICS; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STOMACH; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; MALNUTRITION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STOMACH;

EID: 70350438130     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: 14768305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/147683009X423337     Document Type: Article

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