Enteric innervation combined with proteomics for the evaluation of the effects of chronic fluoride exposure on the duodenum of rats

Abstract Ingested fluoride (F) is absorbed mainly in the small intestine, which is controlled by the Enteric Nervous System (ENS). Although important intestinal symptomatology has been described after excessive F exposure, there have been no studies reporting the effects of F on the ENS. In this stu...

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Main Authors: Carina Guimarães de Souza Melo, Juliana Vanessa Colombo Martins Perles, Jacqueline Nelisis Zanoni, Sara Raquel Garcia de Souza, Erika Xavier Santos, Aline de Lima Leite, Alessandro Domingues Heubel, Camila Oliveira e Souza, Juliana Gadelha de Souza, Marília Afonso Rabelo Buzalaf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01090-y