Mesenteric neurons in the adult rat are responsive to ileal treatment with benzalkonium chloride

C Cracco, G Filogamo - International journal of developmental …, 1993 - Elsevier
The application of a 2 mM solution of the cationic surfactant benzalkonium chloride (BAC) to
an ileal segment produced a selective and extensive myenteric denervation. The aim of the
present study was to investigate whether such a selective unbalance of the enteric nervous
system in the adult rat elicited any plastic response within the mesenteric nervous structures
contacting it. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) staining, β-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
(NADH) and β-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotidephosphate (NADPH) diaphorase …