Distribution and three-dimensional appearance of the interstitial cells of Cajal in the rat stomach and duodenum

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 951-956

  Lee, Song Eun ^a   Wi, Joon Sun ^a   Min, Yong Il ^a   Jung, Chaeyong ^a   Ahn, Kyu Youn ^a   Bae, Choon Sang ^a   Kim, Baik Yoon ^a   Park, Sung Sik ^a   Oh, Chang Seok ^b   Weninger, Wolfgang J ^c   Nam, Kwang Il ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

C kit; Electron microscopy; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Serial section; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRONS; MUSCLE; RATS;

C-KIT; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; CIRCULAR MUSCLES; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; MUSCLE LAYERS; SERIAL SECTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAVEOLA; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DUODENUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STOMACH; STOMACH MUSCLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

RATTUS;

EID: 72249113370     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20743     Document Type: Article

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