L-glutamine supplementation prevents myenteric neuron loss and has gliatrophic effects in the ileum of diabetic rats

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3507-3516

  Pereira, Renata Virginia Fernandes ^a   Tronchini, Eleandro Aparecido ^a   Tashima, Cristiano Massao ^a   Alves, Eder Paulo Belato ^a   Lima, Mariana MacHado ^a   Zanoni, Jacqueline Nelisis ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diabetic neuropathy; Enteric nervous system; Glial cells; Glutamine; Ileum

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; PROTEIN S 100; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; GANGLION; GLIA CELL; ILEUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MYENTERIC NEURON LOSS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPPLEMENTATION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; GLIA; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLUTAMINE; ILEUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEUROGLIA; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856177066     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-011-1806-8     Document Type: Article

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