Nitric oxide synthase, choline acetyltransferase, catecholamine enzymes and neuropeptides and their colocalization in the anterior pelvic ganglion, the inferior mesenteric ganglion and the hypogastric nerve of the male guinea pig

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-49

  Elfvin, Lars Gösta ^a   Holmberg, Kristina ^a   Emson, Piers ^b   Schemann, Michael ^c   Hökfelt, Tomas ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Autonomic ganglia; Coexistence; Immunohistochemistry; Neuropeptides; Noradrenaline

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CATECHOLAMINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SOMATOSTATIN; SUBSTANCE P; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; GANGLION; GUINEA PIG; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFERIOR MESENTERIC GANGLION; MALE; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; GUINEA PIGS; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0031444988     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(97)10010-2     Document Type: Article

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