Interstitial cells of Cajal in the cynomolgus monkey rectoanal region and their relationship to sympathetic and nitrergic nerves

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Cobine, C A ^a   Hennig, G W ^a   Bayguinov, Y R ^a   Hatton, W J ^a   Ward, S M ^a   Keef, K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteric; Gastrointestinal; Internal anal sphincter; Motility; Rectum

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; MYOSIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; LABELING INDEX; MICROSCOPY; MONKEY; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ANAL CANAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NITRERGIC NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RECTUM; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 77951489180     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00260.2009     Document Type: Article

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