Sympathetic innervation of human mesenteric artery and vein

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 323-332

  Birch, David J ^a   Turmaine, Mark ^b   Boulos, Paul B ^a   Burnstock, Geoffrey ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human mesenteric artery; Sympathetic innervation

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MESENTERIC VEIN; MOTOR NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION;

HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MESENTERIC VEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 44849087353     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000119095     Document Type: Article

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