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The infradiaphragmatic section of vagi nerves at the level of the diaphragm crura causes, on the third day after surgery, a reduction of the mitotic activity in the crypts of the intestinal epithelium of the rat. Moreover there is a drastic reduction in number of the goblet cells that remain concentrated at the lower third of the villi. After the third day after vagotomy there is a tendency to normality.
Sympathectomy did not affect significantly the intestinal epithelium of the rat. When both surgeries were performed together, there was no additive effect.
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Musso, F., Lachat, JJ., Cruz, A.R. et al. Effect of denervation on the mitotic index of the intestinal epithelium of the rat. Cell Tissue Res. 163, 395–402 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00219473
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