Oxytocin is expressed by both intrinsic sensory and secretomotor neurons in the enteric nervous system of guinea pig

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 344, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-237

  Yu, Qiang ^a   Ji, Ruihua ^a   Gao, Xiaofei ^a   Fu, Jiqiang ^a   Guo, Wei ^a   Song, Xianmin ^a   Zhao, Xiaolin ^a   Burnstock, Geoffrey ^b   Shi, Xueyin ^a   He, Cheng ^a   Xiang, Zhenghua ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Double immunostaining; Enteric nervous system; Guinea pig; Immunohistochemistry; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; OXYTOCIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GANGLION; GUINEA; ILEUM; INTESTINE INNERVATION; JEJUNUM; MOTONEURON; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STOMACH; SUBMUCOSA;

ANIMALS; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; RATS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

CAVIA;

EID: 79958262714     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-011-1155-0     Document Type: Article

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