title: Effect of denervation on the mitotic index of the intestinal epithelium of the rat.
abstract: The infradiaphragmatic section of vagi nerves at the level of the diaphragm crura causes, on the third day after surgery, a reduction of the mitotic activity in the crypts of the intestinal epithelium of the rat. Moreover there is a drastic reduction in number of the goblet cells that remain concentrated at the lower third of the villi. After the third day after vagotomy there is a tendency to normality. Sympathectomy did not affect significantly the intestinal epithelium of the rat. When both surgeries were performed together, there was no additive effect.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D007082:Ileum / Q000166:cytology* / Q000294:innervation; D008297:Male; D008938:Mitosis; D008940:Mitotic Index; D051381:Rats; D013153:Splanchnic Nerves / Q000502:physiology; D013562:Sympathectomy; D014628:Vagotomy