Enterochromaffin cells in the rat gastrointestinal tract after vagotomy.
The effect of vagotomy on the enterochromaffin (argentaffin) cells in the rat gastrointestinal tract was studied 6 weeks after the operation. No effect was found, as indicated by the following parameters--the frequency of the silver-positive cells in different parts of the digestive tract, the intensity of the argentaffin reaction in the individual cells, and the nuclear size of the enterochromaffin cells.
D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D002455:Cell Division; D002467:Cell Nucleus; D002838:Chromaffin System / Q000502:physiology*; D004759:Enterochromaffin Cells / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005755:Gastrins / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014628:Vagotomy
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