Journal article
Survival dependency of intramuscular ICC on vagal afferent nerves in the cat esophagus
Abstract
Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) have been proposed as stretch receptors for vagal afferent nerves in the stomach based on immunohistochemical studies. The aim of the present study was to use electron microscopy and the anterograde degeneration technique to investigate ultrastructural features and survival dependency of ICC associated with vagal afferent innervation of the cat esophagus. This is the first report on the ultrastructural …
Authors
Huizinga JD; Reed DE; Berezin I; Wang X-Y; Valdez DT; Liu LWC; Diamant NE
Journal
AJP Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol. 294, No. 2, pp. r302–r310
Publisher
American Physiological Society
Publication Date
2 2008
DOI
10.1152/ajpregu.00398.2007
ISSN
0363-6119