title: Immunocytochemical study of gastrintestinal endocrine cells in insectivorous bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera).
abstract: The regional distribution and relative frequency of endocrine cells in the stomach and intestine of Phyllostomidae: Lonchorhina aurita and Molossidae: Molossus molossus bats were studied immunohistochemically. Three types of immunoreactive (IR) endocrine cells--to serotonin (5-HT), gastrin (GAS) and enteroglucagon (GLUC)--were found in the gastric mucosa and four types of IR cells were identified in the intestinal mucosa. This study showed an interespecfic difference in the regional distribution and relative frequency of endocrine cells in the Chiropteran alimentary tract.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropedica, RJ, Brazil. claricemachado@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Nascimento
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Peracchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sales
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Mikalauskas
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Gouveia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count; D002685:Chiroptera; D019858:Enteroendocrine Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000166:cytology*; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000276:immunology; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000166:cytology*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D007106:Immune Sera