The synaptic relationship between vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)-like immunoreactive neurons and their axon terminals in the rat small intestine: light and electron microscopic study |
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| Authors: | Mitsuyo Maeda Hiroshi Takagi Yoshiyuki Kubota Yumiko Morishima Fumiharu Akai Shigeo Hashimoto Shiro Mori |
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| Abstract: | The present study demonstrates synaptic contacts between vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)-like immunoreactive neurons and immunoreactive axon terminals in the submucous and myenteric plexuses of the rat small intestine. Our observations suggest that VIP afferents directly affect the VIP neurons in the small intestine via synapses. |
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| Keywords: | VIP small intestine synapse |
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