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3700726

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-6-2
pubmed:abstractText
The goal of this study was to determine the architecture of the nerves and ganglia of the ferret trachea. Tracheas from four newborn ferrets and three adult ferrets were stained histochemically for acetylcholinesterase activity and analyzed in their entirety as whole mounts. The architecture consisted of one or two longitudinal nerve trunks overlying the posterior surface of the trachealis muscle, a dense plexus of nerves superficial to the trachealis muscle that interconnected these longitudinal nerve trunks, and, on the anterior surface, a plexus superficial to the submucosal glands and located between the cartilaginous rings. In addition, deep neural plexuses were associated with the trachealis muscle and with the submucosal glands. Ganglion cell bodies along the longitudinal nerve trunks were large (mean diameter +/- S.E. = 34.3 +/- 0.3 microns), were usually attached to the nerve trunk by a stalk, and were loosely clustered in groups of as many 38 cell bodies. By contrast, those cell bodies of the superficial muscle and gland plexuses were significantly smaller (mean diameter +/- S.E. = 24.2 +/- 0.3 microns), were never attached by a stalk, and were tightly clustered in ganglia of one to four cell bodies. We conclude that nerves and ganglia of the ferret trachea constitute one or two longitudinal nerve trunks containing ganglia with large cell bodies, two superficial nerve plexuses containing ganglia with small cell bodies overlying the smooth muscle and submucosal glands, respectively, and two deep nerve plexuses providing the terminal innervation to the muscle and glands.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0021-9967
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
246
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
513-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
The architecture of nerves and ganglia of the ferret trachea as revealed by acetylcholinesterase histochemistry.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't