Alpha-synuclein expression patterns in the colonic submucosal plexus of the aging Fischer 344 rat: Implications for biopsies in aging and neurodegenerative disorders?

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Phillips, R J ^a   Martin, F N ^a   Billingsley, C N ^a   Powley, T L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calbindin; Colon; Enteric; MHCII; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; COLON BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FISCHER 344 RAT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; AGING; ANIMAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOPSY; BIOSYNTHESIS; COLON; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; COLON; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SUBMUCOUS PLEXUS;

EID: 84881313560     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nmo.12176     Document Type: Article

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