Postganglionic nerve cell bodies and neurotransmitter localization in the teleost heart

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 328-336

  Zaccone, Giacomo ^a   Mauceri, Angela ^a   Maisano, Maria ^a   Giannetto, Alessia ^a   Parrino, Vincenzo ^a   Fasulo, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart; Innervation; Nerve cell bodies; Neuropeptides; NNOS; Pacemaker; Teleosts

Indexed keywords

GALANIN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PLEXUS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PERIKARYON; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SINUS VENOSUS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; FISHES; HEART; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYOCARDIUM; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I;

EID: 77953535257     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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