The vagal origin of preganglionic fibers containing nitric oxide synthase in the guinea-pig heart

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-138

  Tanaka, Koichi ^a   Chiba, Tanemichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac ganglia; Guinea pig heart; Immunohistochemistry; Nitric oxide synthase; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HEART; HEART ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; GUINEA PIGS; HEART ATRIA; HEART SEPTUM; MYOCARDIUM; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE FIBERS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0032563351     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00568-0     Document Type: Article

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