Anatomy of efferent hepatic nerves

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 280, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 821-826

  McCuskey, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Innervation; Liver

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CARRIER PROTEIN; GALANIN; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTENSIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SEROTONIN; SOMATOSTATIN; SUBSTANCE P; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANATOMY; GAP JUNCTION; HEPATIC NERVE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE;

ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; NEURONS, EFFERENT; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; NITRIC OXIDE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 4944243502     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20087     Document Type: Review

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