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Simultaneous localization of acetylcholinesterase activity and met-enkephalin, vasoactive intestinal peptide and substance P immunoreactivity in the rat myenteric plexu

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  1. Laboratoire de Biologie et Physiologie des Cellules Digestives, INSERM U 239, Faculté X. Bichat, 16 rue H.Huchard, 75018, Paris, France

    Philippe Anglade & Catherine Michel

  2. National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Myodaiji, 444, Okazaki, Japan

    Tsuyoshi Ozaki

  3. Laboratoire de Cytologie, CNRS-UA 1199, Université Paris 6, 7 Quai Saint-Bernard, 75005, Paris, France

    Shigeru Tsuji

  4. Centre de Recherche Zootechniques et Vétérinaires, INRA, Theix, 63111, Beaumont, France

    Xavier Vignon

  5. Laboratory of Bio-organic Chemistry, Shizuoka College of Pharmacy, Oshika 2-2-1, 442, Shizuoka, Japan

    Noboru Yanaihara

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Anglade, P., Michel, C., Ozaki, T. et al. Simultaneous localization of acetylcholinesterase activity and met-enkephalin, vasoactive intestinal peptide and substance P immunoreactivity in the rat myenteric plexu. Histochem J 20, 464–467 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01002433

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