Anatomical and immunohistochemical considerations on the microinnervation of trachea in humans

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-22

  Rusu, M C ^a,b   Pop, F ^a   Boscu A L ^c   Jianu, A M ^c   Dermengiu, D ^a   Curca G C ^a   Hostiuc, S ^d  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Romania)

^c VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LEGAL MEDICINE MINA MINOVICI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Airway mast cells; Esophagus; NOS; Recurrent laryngeal nerve; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; MAST CELL; MICRODISSECTION; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NERVE PLEXUS; PHENOTYPE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRACHEA INNERVATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRACHEA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78651449995     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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