Origins of the sympathetic innervation of the cervical end of the uterus in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 747, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 140-143

  Vera, Pedro L ^a   Haase, Eileen B ^b   Schramm, Lawrence P ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

inferior mesenteric ganglion; rat; retrograde tracing; superior mesenteric ganglion; sympathetic chain; uterus

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYMPATHETIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; UTERUS;

EID: 0031054815     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01107-9     Document Type: Article

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