A laser confocal microscopic study of vagal afferent innervation of rat aortic arch: Chemoreceptors as well as baroreceptors

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-14

  Cheng, Z ^a,b   Powley, T L ^b   Schwaber, J S ^c   Doyle III, F J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic nerves; Arterial receptors; Baroreflex; DiI; Glomus cells; Nervous control of the heart; Nodose ganglion; Small intensely fluorescent cells (SIF cells); Stereological counting

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ARCH; AORTA NERVE; AORTA PRESSORECEPTOR; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INNERVATION; MALE; NODOSE GANGLION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CARBOCYANINES; CELL COUNT; CHEMORECEPTORS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PRESSORECEPTORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHIZOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0031551975     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(97)00085-4     Document Type: Article

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