Architecture and age-related analysis of the neuronal number of the guinea pig intrinsic cardiac nerve plexus

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-243

  Batulevicius, Darius ^a   Pauziene, Neringa ^a   Pauza, Dainius H ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Aging; Autonomic nervous system; Heart innervation; Rodent

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

AGING; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; GANGLION; GUINEA PIG; HEART INNERVATION; HEART NERVE; INTRINSIC CARDIAC NERVE PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE PLEXUS; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 22144446040     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2005.01.004     Document Type: Article

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