The anatomy of the sympathetic pathway through the pterygopalatine fossa in humans

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-22

  Rusu, M C ^a   Pop, F ^a  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Facial neuralgia; Headache; Human pterygopalatine ganglion; Maxillary artery; Orofacial pain; Superior cervical ganglion

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAXILLARY ARTERY; MAXILLARY NERVE; MOUTH CAVITY; NEUROANATOMY; PTERYGOPALATINE FOSSA; SKULL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VIDIAN NERVE;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; AXONS; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FACIAL NEURALGIA; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PTERYGOPALATINE FOSSA; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 75149150668     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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