Electron microscopic study of intrinsic cardiac ganglia in the adult human

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-148

  Pauziene, Neringa ^a   Pauza, Dainius H ^a,b  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Human; Intracardiac neurons; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; DENDRITE; DENSE BODY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART MITOCHONDRION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMELLAR BODY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION SWELLING; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE SHEATH; NEUROPIL; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PERIKARYON; REVIEW; SATELLITE CELL; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDDEN DEATH; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0037385705     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(03)80077-8     Document Type: Review

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