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The gastric argentaffin cell population of the rat
Author(s) -
Gregg Robert V.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
journal of morphology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1097-4687
pISSN - 0362-2525
DOI - 10.1002/jmor.1051190107
Subject(s) - argentaffin , biology , stomach , antrum , population , gastric mucosa , anatomy , basal (medicine) , pyloric antrum , pathology , medicine , endocrinology , biochemistry , environmental health , insulin
The distribution and morphology of the argentaffin cell population within the stomach of the albino rat has been investigated histologically. The argentaffin cell's situation is restricted to and evenly distributed over the antrum, lying usually in the basal third of the mucosa among mucous cells. A band of mucosa, less than a millimeter wide, containing argentaffin cells, extends from the antrum and encircles the stomach just caudal to the forestomach. The argentaffin cell population is found in less than three‐tenths of the total stomach by weight, a point for consideration in serotonin assay.