Preponderance of inhibitory versus excitatory intramuscular nerve fibres in human chagasic megacolon

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1181-1189

  Jabari, Samir ^d   Da Silveira, Alexandre B M ^a   De Oliveira, Enio C ^b   Quint, Karl ^c   Neuhuber, Winfried ^d   Brehmer, Axel ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chagasic megacolon; Enteric nervous system; Neurodegeneration; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Vasoactive intestinal peptide

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE MUSCLE; INTRAMUSCULAR NERVE FIBER; MALE; MEGACOLON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEGACOLON; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 84866989925     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-012-1500-0     Document Type: Article

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