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Electron microscopy of gastric mucosal innervation in rats

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Electron microscopy of the rat stomach has shown vagal innervation of gastric epithelial cells with contact points. Unmyelinated axons of diameter 0.06 and 0.20 μm were demonstrated passing in the connective tissue between epithelial cells.

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  1. Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Department of Neuropathology, Southern General Hospital, University Department of Surgery, Glasgow, UK

    A. Crocket, D. Doyle & S. N. Joffe

  2. University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 45267, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    A. Crocket, D. Doyle & S. N. Joffe

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Crocket, A., Doyle, D. & Joffe, S.N. Electron microscopy of gastric mucosal innervation in rats. Experientia 37, 270–271 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01991649

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