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Changes in nitrergic innervation of defunctionalized rat colon after diversion colostomy
Author(s) -
Chaudhury A.,
Shariff A.,
Srinivas M.,
Sabherwal U.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
neurogastroenterology and motility
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.489
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1365-2982
pISSN - 1350-1925
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2004.00565.x
Subject(s) - myenteric plexus , atrophy , soma , colostomy , medicine , enteric nervous system , descending colon , anatomy , pathology , endocrinology , biology , immunohistochemistry , neuroscience , surgery , rectum
After 45 days of complete diversion colostomy in male Wistar rats, morphometry of soma and nuclei of NADPH diaphorase positive cells of the myenteric plexus was evaluated. There was a significant ( P < 0.0001) diminution in the area, perimeter and volume‐weighted mean volume of soma and nuclei of nitrergic myenteric neurones in the defunctionalized colon. In addition, there was a significant reduction in the neuronal density of the myenteric neurones, and increased distance between the ganglia. In addition, there was myenteric glial atrophy. Atrophy of colonic myenteric neurones was accompanied by significant reduction ( P < 0.001) in the volume fraction of the muscularis externa, the prime targets of these neurones. The disturbances in the microecology of the colon may jeopardize the finely orchestrated functioning of the components of the Enteric nervous system (ENS) leading to colonic dysfunction. Our observations, by extrapolation, may explain the bowel dysmotility in humans after restoration of colonic continuity after colostomy.