Immunocytochemical study of gastrintestinal endocrine cells in insectivorous bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera)

The regional distribution and relative frequency of endocrine cells in the stomach and intestine of Phyllostomidae: Lonchorhina aurita and Molossidae: Molossus molossus bats were studied immunohistochemically. Three types of immunoreactive (IR) endocrine cells - to serotonin (5-HT), gastrin (GAS) an...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Santos,CM. (author)
Other Authors: Nascimento,AA. (author), Peracchi,AL. (author), Sales,A. (author), Mikalauskas,JS. (author), Gouveia,SF. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2008
Subjects:
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842008000300026
Country:Brazil
Oai:oai:scielo:S1519-69842008000300026