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Comparative histoch...
Comparative histochemical distribution of nerve fibres storing noradrenaline and neuropeptide Y (NPY) in human ovary, fallopian tube, and uterus
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- Owman, C (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet
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- Stjernquist, M (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet
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Helm, G (author)
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- Kannisto, P (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Skåne University Hospital
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- Sjöberg, N O (author)
- Skåne University Hospital
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- Sundler, F (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet
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- 1986
- 1986
- English 9 s.
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In: Medical Biology. - 0302-2137. ; 64:2-3, s. 57-65
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Abstract
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- Nerves containing noradrenaline were studied by formaldehyde-induced fluorescence and neuropeptide Y (NPY) was visualised by immunohistochemistry in the human ovary, Fallopian tube and uterus. All structures were richly supplied with noradrenergic fibres closely associated with the vascular and non-vascular smooth musculature. NPY-containing nerve terminals were consistently fewer, particularly in the ovary. The best developed nerve supply was found in the tubal isthmus and uterine cervix. Vessels were usually innervated by plexuses of nerves, containing NPY as well as noradrenaline. The discrepancy between the number of the two types of histochemically distinguishable nerves suggests that, if noradrenaline and NPY are co-localised in one and the same nerve, this is not a constant phenomenon in the human female reproductive tract.
Keyword
- Fallopian Tubes/innervation
- Female
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Humans
- Nerve Fibers/metabolism
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism
- Neuropeptide Y
- Norepinephrine/metabolism
- Ovary/innervation
- Tissue Distribution
- Uterus/innervation
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- art (subject category)
- ref (subject category)
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