Ultrastructure of substance P-immunoreactive terminals and their relation to vascular smooth muscle cells of rat small mesenteric arteries

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 416, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 277-290

  Luff, Susan E ^a   Young, Simone B ^a   Mclachlan, Elspeth M ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Prnc of Wales Med Res Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Afferent nerves; Blood vessels; Neuropeptides; Sympathetic nerves

Indexed keywords

SUBSTANCE P;

ARTICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NERVE PLEXUS; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SENSORY NERVE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MITOCHONDRIA; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANCE P; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 0034677160     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000117)416:3<277::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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