Evidence for an esophageal origin of VIP-IR and NO synthase-IR nerves innervating the guinea pig trachealis: A retrograde neuronal tracing and immunohistochemical analysis

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 394, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 326-334

  Fischer, Axel ^a   Canning, Brendan J ^b   Undem, Bradley J ^b   Kummer, Wolfgang ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway smooth muscle; Autonomic; Bronchodilatation; Ganglia; Parasympathetic

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TRACER; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NONADRENERGIC NONCHOLINERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLION; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ESOPHAGUS; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TRACHEA; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0032507807     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980511)394:3<326::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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