Are there somatostatin-containing nerves in the rat gut? Immunohistochemical evidence for a new type of peripheral nerves.
Antibodies to somatostatin, a recently isolated hypothalamic peptide inhibiting growth hormone release, were used in immunohistochemical studies on the gastrointestinal tract. Somatostatin containing cells in the stomach, and somatostatin-containing nerves in the small and large intestine, could be demonstrated. These findings give evidence of a new type of nerve in the gut.
D000818:Animals; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D007422:Intestines / Q000032:analysis / Q000294:innervation*; D008297:Male; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000032:analysis*; D051381:Rats; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D013270:Stomach / Q000032:analysis / Q000294:innervation
D013004:Somatostatin