Journal article
IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE FOR THE PRESENCE OF CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS IN ENTERIC NEURONS
JB FURNESS, JR KEAST, S POMPOLO, JC BORNSTEIN, M COSTA, PC EMSON, DEM LAWSON
CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH | SPRINGER VERLAG | Published : 1988
DOI: 10.1007/BF00213828
Abstract
Immunoreactivity for vitamin D-dependent calcium-binding protein (CaBP) has been localized in nerve cell bodies and nerve fibres in the gastrointestinal tracts of guinea-pig, rat and man. CaBP immunoreactivity was found in a high proportion of nerve cell bodies of the myenteric plexus, particularly in the small intestine. It was also found in submucous neurons of the small and large intestines. Immunoreactive nerve fibres were numerous in the myenteric ganglia, and were also common in the submucous ganglia and in the intestinal mucosa. Immunoreactive fibres were rare in the circular and longitudinal muscle coats. In the myenteric ganglia of the guinea-pig small intestine the immunoreactivity..
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