Innervation of the rat pineal gland by nerve fibres originating in the sphenopalatine, otic and trigeminal ganglia. A retrograde in vivo neuronal tracing study

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 345-353

  Møller, Morten ^a   Liu, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fluorogold; Otic; Pineal innervation; Sphenopalatine; Trigeminal ganglion

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD; TRACER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INNERVATION; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PINEAL BODY; RAT; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; TISSUE PERFUSION; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0033396109     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:19990307     Document Type: Conference Paper

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