title: [NO-ergic innervation of digestive tract of Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonicus)].
abstract: This investigation was aimed at the study of distribution, localization and morphological peculiarities of NO-ergic cells and fibers in the digestive tract of Japanese anchovy Engraulis japonicus. Using the histochemical method developed by B.T. Hope and S.R. Vincent (1989), NO-ergic cells and fibers were demonstrated in the intermuscular plexus and in the circular layer of the muscular tunic in all the digestive tract organs studied. Single No-ergic cells were located in the longitudinal layer of the muscular tunic in the esophagus and stomach. In the submucosal plexus NO-ergic neurons were detected only in the stomach. The greatest density of NO-ergic cell distribution was characteristic to the posterior portion of the intestine and stomach.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cytophysiology, Institute of Marine Biology, RAS Far-Eastern Section, Vladivostok.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Chusovitina
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Varaksin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004064:Digestive System / Q000294:innervation*; D017615:Enteric Nervous System / Q000201:enzymology*; D005399:Fishes / Q000502:physiology*; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000201:enzymology; D026602:Nitrergic Neurons / Q000201:enzymology*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase