Characterization of the myenteric neuronal population and subpopulation of the duodenum of adult wistar rat fed with hypoproteic chow

The effects of severe protein malnutrition (4%) on myenteric neurons of Wistar rat duodenum, in relation to a standard 22%-protein diet for rodents, were assessed in this study. Segments of the duodenum from 10 rats from each nutritional group were submitted to the elaboration of whole mounts - 5 st...

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Main Authors: Débora M.G. Sant'Ana, Eduardo J.A. Araújo, Diego H. Ramos, Catchia Hermes-Uliana, Maria Raquel M. Natali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2012-09-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652012000300022