Cholinergic neurons of the pelvic autonomic ganglia and uterus of the female rat: Distribution of axons and presence of muscarinic receptors

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 296, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 293-305

  Papka, R E ^a   Traurig, H H ^b   Schemann, M ^c   Collins, J ^a   Copelin, T ^d   Wilson, K ^d  

^a Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; Choline acetyltransferase; Parasympathetic ganglia; Rat (Sprague Dawley); Retrograde tracing; Vesicular acetylcholine transporter

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MYOMETRIUM; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS; UTERUS HORN;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; CERVIX UTERI; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; QUINUCLIDINYL BENZILATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SPINAL CORD; TRITIUM; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032917985     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051290     Document Type: Article

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