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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-6-11
pubmed:abstractText
The application of cobalt chloride to the peripheral cut end of the greater superficial petrosal nerve (g.s.p.n.) in rats revealed that only a few fibers in the plexus of nerves on the adventitial surface of the internal carotid artery were in axonal continuity with the g.s.p.n. A similarly small contribution of cholinergic fibers to cerebral blood vessels from this nerve was suggested by the observation that section of the g.s.p.n. resulted in an insignificant reduction in the density of the AChE-staining plexus in the internal carotid and cerebral arteries and in the incidence of at most 2% degenerate terminals of those observed on the middle cerebral artery. Alternative explanations of the results are discussed: that the AChE-staining fibers are postganglionic, that the time course for degeneration is unusually slow and that non-cholinergic fibers stain non-specifically for AChE. It is concluded that a cholinergic dilator pathway is most probably carried by the g.s.p.n. but that it is not unique.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0031-6768
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
379
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
157-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
The cholinergic pathway to cerebral blood vessels. I. Morphological studies.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article