Morphological distinction between vasodilator and secretomotor neurons in the pterygopalatine ganglion of the cat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 288, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 219-222

  Kuchiiwa, Satoshi ^a   Cheng, Shi Bin ^a   Kuchiiwa, Toshiko ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kagoshima Immaculate Heart University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomic ganglion; Parasympathetic nervous system; Pterygopalatine ganglion; Salivary gland; Secretion; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; TRACER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; CAT; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; GANGLION; HISTOGRAM; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; CATS; CHOLERA TOXIN; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; GANGLIA, SENSORY; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS; SALIVARY GLANDS; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 0034698475     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01236-2     Document Type: Article

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