5HT expression in the stomach and duodenum of the Rhesus Monkey (Macaca mulatta)

B G de Luca1, A L Bastos1, A S F da S Souza2

  • 1Laboratory of Teaching and Research in Histology and Comparative Embryology (LEPHEC), Federal Fluminense University, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.

Tissue & Cell
|August 5, 2020
PubMed
Summary

This study details the histology of Rhesus monkey gastric and duodenal mucosa, mapping the distribution of serotonin (5-HT) cells across different regions. Serotonin cells are most frequent in the cardia and duodenum, and least in the pylorus.