Chemically distinct preganglionic inputs to iris-projecting postganglionic neurons in the rat: A light and electron microscopic study

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 412, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 606-616

  Grkovic, Ivica ^a   Edwards, Susan L ^b   Murphy, Susan M ^a   Anderson, Colin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcitonin gene related peptide; Chemical coding; Neuropeptide Y; Superior cervical ganglion; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC; AUTONOMIC FIBERS, PREGANGLIONIC; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; FEMALE; IRIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION;

EID: 0033523630     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19991004)412:4<606::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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