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7172043

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-6
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-2-25
pubmed:abstractText
Triple fixation for electron microscopy of the isthmic region of the human Fallopian tube distinguished adrenergic nerve terminals through their content of synaptic vesicles with a diameter of 50-60 nm. Non-vascular adrenergic nerves were found both outside and within smooth muscle bundles. Adrenergic varicosities, partly devoid of their Schwann cell ensheathing, frequently approached the smooth muscle cells within a distance of about 200 nm, and sometimes as close as 60-100 nm. These close contacts often occupied a considerable area of the naked varicosity. Electrical field stimulation of adrenergic nerves in the isthmic smooth muscle preparations in vitro induced an alpha-receptor mediated, frequency-dependent contractile response. The results show that the sympathetic nerves in the human Fallopian tube are able to exert a motor control of its smooth musculature, and may thus be involved in local functions essential for the normal fertilization process.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0361-9230
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
695-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Electron microscopic and pharmacologic evidence for a functional adrenergic innervation of the smooth musculature in the human fallopian tube.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't