Quantitative study of the myenteric plexus of the stomach of rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes

Autor: Fregonesi Cristina Elena Prado Teles, Miranda-Neto Marcílio Hubner de, Molinari Sônia Lucy, Zanoni Jacqueline Nelisis
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Vol 59, Iss 1, Pp 50-53 (2001)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0004-282X
1678-4227
Popis: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the morphological and quantitative alterations of the myenteric plexus neurons of the stomach of rats with streptozotocin-induced chronic diabetes and compare them to those of non-diabetic animals. Samples from the body of the stomach were used for whole-mount preparations stained with NADH-diaphorase and for histological sections stained with hematoxylin-eosin. It was observed that diabetes cause a significant decrease on the number of neurons.
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