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Cholinergic nerves in the rat portal vein

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The innervation of the rat portal vein was studied using the cholinesterase histochemical method 2 plexuses of cholinergic nerve fibers were found; an external plexus localized at the level of the outer adventitial layers and an inner plexus at the level of the adventitial-medial transitional zone and in the outer layers of the media.

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  1. Istituto di Anatomia Umana Normale, Laboratorio di Neurobiologia, IV Catt. Università di Roma, V. le Regina Elena n. 289, I-00161, Roma, Italy

    C. De Luca, A. Cantagalli, E. De Angelis & F. Amenta

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Acknowledgments. We thank Dr C. Cavallotti for his kind help and criticism. The kind help of Dr W. Collier and of the staff of the laboratory of Neurobiology as well as the bibliographic assistance of Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Serv. Documentazione, Dr Magliola) are gratefully acknowledged.

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De Luca, C., Cantagalli, A., De Angelis, E. et al. Cholinergic nerves in the rat portal vein. Experientia 38, 397–398 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01949415

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