Morphological study of neurons in the nerve plexus on heart base of rats and guinea pigs

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Pauza, Dainius H ^a   Skripkiene, Gertruda ^a   Skripka, Valdas ^a   Pauziene, Neringa ^a   Stropus, Rimvydas ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Guinea pig; Heart innervation; Intracardiac nerve plexus; Intracellular dye injection (Lucifer Yellow); Morphology; Neurons and ganglia; Rat

Indexed keywords

LUCIFER YELLOW; METHYLENE BLUE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GUINEA PIG; HEART INNERVATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031026284     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(96)00102-6     Document Type: Article

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