title: An immunohistochemical study of endocrine cells in the abomasum of vagotomized calf.
abstract: The effect of thoraco-vagotomy on the distribution and frequency of chromogranin-, serotonin-, somatostatin- and gastrin-immunoreactive cells in the abomasum of the calf were investigated by immunohistochemistry. Calves were vagotomized at 1 week old and sampled 2 and 4 weeks later. The endocrine cells generally decreased in number in vagotomized calves as compared to non-operated control calves. However, the detailed responses of endocrine cells to vagotomy varied depending on the endocrine cell type, region of gastric mucosa, and period after vagotomy. The present result suggests that the vagus nerve has an influence on the intrinsic regulatory system by endocrine cell control in the ruminant abomasum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Surgery, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Raden Harry
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Soehartono
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: Norio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamagishi
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taguchi
authors.forename: Junzo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Haruo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D000018:Abomasum / Q000166:cytology / Q000294:innervation / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000378:metabolism*; D002864:Chromogranins / Q000378:metabolism; D019858:Enteroendocrine Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005755:Gastrins / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000378:metabolism; D014628:Vagotomy / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D002864:Chromogranins; D005755:Gastrins; D012701:Serotonin; D013004:Somatostatin