TY - BOOK ID - 8433308 TI - Atlas of Interstitial Cells of Cajal in the Gastrointestinal Tract PY - 2012 SN - 9400729162 9786613697660 9400729170 1280787279 PB - Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Biomedicine. KW - Gastrointestinal system -- Cytology -- Atlases. KW - Medicine. KW - Histocytochemistry KW - Muscle Cells KW - Microscopy KW - Immunologic Tests KW - Immunochemistry KW - Biochemistry KW - Laboratory Techniques and Procedures KW - Diagnostic Imaging KW - Cytological Techniques KW - Investigative Techniques KW - Histological Techniques KW - Immunologic Techniques KW - Cells KW - Histology KW - Clinical Laboratory Techniques KW - Diagnosis KW - Anatomy KW - Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures KW - Biological Science Disciplines KW - Chemistry KW - Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment KW - Natural Science Disciplines KW - Disciplines and Occupations KW - Immunohistochemistry KW - Interstitial Cells of Cajal KW - Microscopy, Confocal KW - Biology KW - Medicine KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Cytology KW - Urology & Nephrology KW - Interstitial cystitis. KW - Gastrointestinal system KW - Diseases. KW - Bladder pain syndrome KW - BPS (Bladder pain syndrome) KW - Hunner's ulcer KW - IC (Interstitial cystitis) KW - IC/PBS (Interstitial cystitis) KW - Painful bladder syndrome KW - PBS (Painful bladder syndrome) KW - Biomedicine general. KW - Cystitis KW - Clinical sciences KW - Medical profession KW - Human biology KW - Life sciences KW - Medical sciences KW - Pathology KW - Physicians KW - Health Workforce KW - Biomedicine, general. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8433308 AB - This atlas will illustrate the distribution and morphological features of interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) which are the key cells to understanding of the regulatory mechanism of gastrointestinal motility, since ICC act as both pacemaker and as intermediates in neural transmission, and since ICC show specific distribution patterns depending on their anatomical positions. All subtypes of ICC located in the different tissue layers and different levels of the gastrointestinal tract will be revealed by immunohistochemistry for Kit receptors and nerves by using mainly whole-mount stretch preparation of the guinea-pig tissues. Three-dimensional reconstruction of confocal images will particularly help the readers to understand the peculiar arrangement of ICC networks in situ and the correlation between ICC and nerves. Electron micrographs will help illustrate the characteristic features of ICC and their ultrastructural differences from fibroblasts, smooth muscles and other interstitial cells. ER -