Sympathetic vasoconstrictor neurons projecting from the guinea-pig superior cervical ganglion to cutaneous or skeletal muscle vascular beds can be distinguished by soma size

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 197-200

  Gibbins, I L ^a   Matthew, S E ^a   Bridgman, N ^a   Morris, J L ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cutaneous vasculature; Morphology; Muscle vasculature; Sympathetic; Vasoconstrictor

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0030576599     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12885-8     Document Type: Article

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