Human enteric neurons: Morphological, electrophysiological, and neurochemical identification

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1812-1816

  Carbone, S E ^a   Jovanovska, V ^a   Nurgali, K ^a   Brookes, S J H ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carboxyfluorescein; Electrophysiology; Human colon; Myenteric neurons

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; 6-CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EX VIVO STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROELECTRODE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOLOGY; MYENTERIC NEURON; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; NEUROCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; MALE; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STAINING;

AGED; COLON; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84911979581     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nmo.12453     Document Type: Article

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