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The Peripheral Autonomic System

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Classical anatomical and histochemical studies have established our general knowledge of the autonomic innervation of the various peripheral organs. The recent histofluorescent studies for catecholamine- containing structures (Falck, 1962; Norberg, 1967; Fuxe et al., 1971) and the acetylcholinesterase (AChE) histochemical method for cholinergic nerves (Koelle and Friedenwald, 1949; Koelle, 1963) have opened up areas of study that were not possible with the conventional silver-staining techniques. Since 1962, a great deal of new and unusual information has accumulated in this highly specialized literature which is not yet generally appreciated. The nature of the localization of sympathetic nerves in the periphery has revealed the sites of action of the sympathetic neurotransmitter (norepinephrine).

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Jacobowitz, D.M. (1974). The Peripheral Autonomic System. In: Hubbard, J.I. (eds) The Peripheral Nervous System. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8699-9_5

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