Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptidergic Innervation and Gastroenteropancreatic System: An Immunocytochemical Study in the Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus
作者:
A. Vittoria,
E. La Mura,
T. Cocca,
L. Castaldo,
期刊:
Cells Tissues Organs
(Karger Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 143,
issue 1
页码: 84-88
ISSN:1422-6405
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1159/000147233
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Hedgehog;Gastrointestinal tract;Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide;Innervation;Immunocytochemistry
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
The pattern of the digestive vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VΙP)-ergic innervation is described immunohistochemically in the hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus. This animal is a small-sized, wild, nocturnal, lower eutherian mammal whose gastrointestinal tract shows some similarities with the avian gut. The myenteric plexus of the stomach, the mucosa of the small intestine and the circular muscle layer of the large intestine are the best VIP-innervated structures. The pattern of the positive innervation is similar to that described in other mammals and in some bird species. The widespread diffusion of the neuropeptide in the gut is probably due to the importance of its functions in the digestive physiology
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