Atrophy of myenteric neurons in the ileum of rats submitted to severe protein deficiency - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v34i2.6793
The effects of a 4%-protein diet in adult rats with respect to the morphometric aspects of the myenteric plexus in the ileum were assessed. Twenty animals were randomly divided into two groups: Control Group (n = 10), which received 26%-protein chow, and Experimental Group (n = 10), which received 4...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2011 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM) |
| Repositorio: | Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciences |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/6793 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/6793 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | protein malnutrition enteric nervous system small intestine desnutrição proteica sistema nervoso entérico intestino delgado Morfologia |
| Sumario: | The effects of a 4%-protein diet in adult rats with respect to the morphometric aspects of the myenteric plexus in the ileum were assessed. Twenty animals were randomly divided into two groups: Control Group (n = 10), which received 26%-protein chow, and Experimental Group (n = 10), which received 4%-protein chow for 90 days. Neurons in the myenteric plexus in the ileum in whole mount were evidenced through Giemsa and NADH-diaphorase techniques. The overall neuronal population as well as the subpopulation positive for NADH diaphorase presented atrophy, with a reduction of the perikaryon, nucleus and cytoplasm. |
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