Identification of uterine-related sympathetic neurons in the rat inferior mesenteric ganglion: Neurotransmitter content and afferent input

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 51-59

  Papka, Raymond E ^a   Thompson, Bawanna D ^a   Schmidt, Harald H H W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axonal tracing; Catecholamines; Immunohistochemistry; Inferior mesenteric ganglion; Neuropeptides; Nitric oxide; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CATECHOLAMINE; ENKEPHALIN; GALANIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUBSTANCE P; SYNAPSIN I; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INFERIOR MESENTERIC GANGLION; INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UTERUS;

EID: 0030578198     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1838(96)00003-3     Document Type: Article

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