title: Distribution of argininosuccinate synthetase-like immunoreactive neurons in the rat myenteric plexus: a whole mount study.
abstract: The distribution of argininosuccinate synthetase (ASS)-like immunoreactive neurons in the myenteric plexus of the rat alimentary tract were immunocytochemically studied using whole-mount tissues. The present study revealed ASS-like immunoreactive meshworks of ganglia and interconnecting nerve strands in the myenteric plexus of almost all parts of the alimentary tract. ASS-like immunoreactive neurons constituted about 11% of the myenteric cell.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mizuma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saheki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies; D001124:Argininosuccinate Synthase / Q000032:analysis*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007583:Jejunum / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D009197:Myenteric Plexus / Q000201:enzymology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000201:enzymology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D001124:Argininosuccinate Synthase