Number, size, conduction, and vasoconstrictor ability of unmyelinated fibers of the ovarian nerve in adult and aged rats

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 6-12

  Hanada, Tomoko ^a,b   Uchida, Sae ^a   Hotta, Harumi ^a   Aikawa, Yoshihiro ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Conduction velocities; Ovarian blood flow; Ovarian nerve; Rat; Unmyelinated fiber

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; OVARIAN NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASOCONSTRICTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OVARY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SYMPATHETIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 80052261508     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: 18727484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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