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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
3
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1994-9-20
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pubmed:abstractText |
The participation of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in the innervation of the rat carotid body and carotid sinus was investigated by means of NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry and NOS immunohistochemistry using antisera raised against purified neuronal NOS and a synthetic tridecapeptide. NOS was detected in 23% of neurons at the periphery of the carotid bodies. Some negative neurons were surrounded by NOS-positive terminals. NOS-containing varicose nerve fibres innervated the arterial vascular bed and, to a lesser extent, the islands of glomus cells. These fibres persisted after transection of the carotid sinus nerve and are probably derived from intrinsic neurons. Large NOS-positive axonal swellings in the wall of the carotid sinus were absent after transection of the sinus nerve, indicating their sensory origin. The results suggest a neuronal nitrergic control of blood flow, neuronal activity and chemoreception in the carotid body, and an intrinsic role of NO in the process of arterial baroreception.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Jun
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pubmed:issn |
0302-766X
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
276
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
559-64
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:7520363-Amino Acid Oxidoreductases,
pubmed-meshheading:7520363-Amino Acid Sequence,
pubmed-meshheading:7520363-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:7520363-Carotid Body,
pubmed-meshheading:7520363-Carotid Sinus,
pubmed-meshheading:7520363-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:7520363-Histocytochemistry,
pubmed-meshheading:7520363-Immunohistochemistry,
pubmed-meshheading:7520363-Molecular Sequence Data,
pubmed-meshheading:7520363-NADPH Dehydrogenase,
pubmed-meshheading:7520363-Nerve Fibers,
pubmed-meshheading:7520363-Neurons,
pubmed-meshheading:7520363-Nitric Oxide Synthase,
pubmed-meshheading:7520363-Peptides,
pubmed-meshheading:7520363-Pressoreceptors,
pubmed-meshheading:7520363-Rats,
pubmed-meshheading:7520363-Rats, Wistar
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pubmed:year |
1994
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Nitric oxide synthase in the rat carotid body and carotid sinus.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Philipps University Marburg, Germany.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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