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myenteric plexus

[¦mī·ən¦ter·ik ′plek·səs]
(neuroscience)
A network of nerves between the circular and longitudinal layers of the muscular coat of the digestive tract. Also known as Auerbach's plexus.
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Preliminary immunohistochemical new findings in the myenteric plexus of patients with intestinal neuronal dysplasia type B.
Poles et al., "Gut region-specific diabetic damage to the capillary endothelium adjacent to the myenteric plexus," Microcirculation, vol.
Overall number of ganglion cells in the myenteric plexus between longitudinal and circular muscle layer of adult colon was 16.31 [+ or -] 3.81 ganglion cells/[mm.sup.up.2] and 8.86 [+ or -] 1.79 ganglion cells/[mm.sup.up.2] in its rectum.
(13,14) In the literature, a study reported that the rate of achalasia was elevated among patients with BN compared to the general population, (7) and there are some case reports about BN patients developing achalasia because of myenteric plexus damage.
Summing up, it could be said that the quercetin supplementation in diabetic animals promotes a set of metabolic changes that lead to an increase of weight loss and a slight reduction in blood glucose, whereas the NADHd neurons in the myenteric plexus of the ileum maintains the nucleus and cytoplasm volume and reduces neuronal loss.
This phenomenon could well be related to the degeneration of autonomic neurons in the myenteric plexus and brainstem [45].
The longitudinal muscle strip with the myenteric plexus attached was separated from the underlying circular muscle according to the method of Paton and Vizi [29].
MMIHS patients typically have abnormalities in the muscle layer, myenteric plexus, or the interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs) [24, 25].
Effect of protein and vitamin B deficiency on the morphoquantitative aspects of the myenteric plexus of the descending colon of adults rats.
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