Adrenergic and acetylcholinesterase-positive innervation of palatine tonsils in mammals

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 349-352

  Sirot'áková, Mária ^a   Schmidtová, Katarína ^a   Kočisová, Monika ^a   Kuchta, Milan ^a  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cat; Human; Innervation; Palatine tonsils; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

TISSUE CULTURE;

PALATINE TONSILS;

FORMALDEHYDE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CATECHOLAMINE; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYOXYLIC ACID; SEROTONIN; THIOCHOLINE;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ADVENTITIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MAMMAL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PALATINE TONSIL; RABBIT; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 19244380265     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0065-1281-00671     Document Type: Article

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