Serotonin-immunoreactive neurons and mast cells in the mouse esophagus suggest involvement of serotonin in both motility control and neuroimmune interactions

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hempfling, C ^a   Neuhuber, W L ^a   Worl J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptamine; Enteric co innervation; Mast cell; Myenteric neuron; Neuromuscular junction; Nucleus ambiguus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN GENE PRODUCT 9.5; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MAST CELL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; ESOPHAGUS; MAST CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONS; PERISTALSIS; SEROTONIN;

EID: 84155195151     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2011.01797.x     Document Type: Article

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