Chemical profile of vagal preganglionic motor cells innervating the airways in ferrets: The absence of noncholinergic neurons

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1508-1517

  Prabha, Kc ^a   Mayer, Catherine A ^b   Haxhiu, Musa A ^a,b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway constriction; Airway dilation; Central nervous system control of the airways; Choline acetyl transferase; Nitric oxide synthase; Nucleus ambiguus; Parasympathetic preganglionic neurons; Vasoactive intestinal peptide

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; AIRWAY; AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRET; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TONE; NONADRENERGIC NONCHOLINERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TRACHEA; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC FIBERS, PREGANGLIONIC; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FERRETS; LUNG; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRACHEA; VAGUS NERVE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 4644263290     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00282.2004     Document Type: Article

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