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- Title
Immunocytochemical study of gastrintestinal endocrine cells in insectivorous bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera).
- Authors
Santos, C. M.; Nascimento, A. A.; Peracchi, A. L.; Sales, A. L.; Mikalauskas, J. S.; Gouveia, S. F.
- Abstract
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) and enteroglucagon (GLUC) -- were found in the gastric mucosa and four types of Ill cells were identified in the intestinal mucosa. This study showed an interespecfic difference in the regional distribution and relative frequency of endocrine cells in the Chiropteran alimentary tract.
- Subjects
IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; GASTROINTESTINAL system; VETERINARY endocrinology; CELLS; SEROTONIN; GASTRIN; GLUCAGON; BATS
- Publication
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2008, Vol 68, Issue 3, p663
- ISSN
1519-6984
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S1519-69842008000300026