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The autonomic innervation of rat jugular vein

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The autonomic innervation of rat jugular vein was studied using glyoxylic acid fluorescence and acetylcholinesterase histochemical methods. The rat jugular vein is provided with both adrenergic and cholinergic nerve fibers organized in plexuses located at the adventitial-medial border. The existence of these nerve plexuses does not seem to support biochemical findings that suggest a lack of innervation in the rat jugular vein and which propose this blood vessel as a model for the analysis of drug-smooth muscle cell interaction without the interference of neuronal uptake mechanisms.

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  1. Laboratorio di Neurobiologia Istituto di Anatomia Umana Normale and II/Clinica delle Malattie Nervose e Mentali dell, Università di Roma, Italy

    Giuseppe Sancesario, Carlo Cavallotti &  Francesco Amenta

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Sancesario, G., Cavallotti, C. & Amenta, F. The autonomic innervation of rat jugular vein. Cell Tissue Res. 222, 691–693 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00213867

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