Structural and neurochemical features of postganglionic sympathetic neurons in the superior mesenteric ganglion of spontaneously hypertensive rats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 466, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 148-160

  Krol, Karmen M ^a   Kawaja, Michael D ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Hypertension; Nerve growth factor; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P75;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GANGLION; GENE EXPRESSION; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VASCULARIZATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; SYMPATHETIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC; UP-REGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0141816620     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10888     Document Type: Article

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