Histamine induces the neuronal hypertrophy and increases the mast cell density in gastrointestinal tract

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 64, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 713-716

  Keles, Nigar ^a   Yavuz Arican, Ramazan ^a   Coskun, Mesut ^a   Elpek, G Ozlem ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Histamine; Image analysis; Mast cell density; Mice; Neuronal hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HISTAMINE; PROTEIN GENE PRODUCT 9.5; TRYPTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; GANGLION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHWANN CELL; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL ENLARGEMENT; GANGLIA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTAMINE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAST CELLS; MICE; NEURONS; SCHWANN CELLS;

MUS;

EID: 84867732110     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: 16181433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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