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      Regional Differences in the Density of Perivascular Nerves and Varicosities, Noradrenaline Content and Responses to Nerve Stimulation in the Rabbit Ear Artery

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          Quantitative image analysis of fluorescent nerves following histochemical localization of monoamines in stretch preparations of the rabbit ear artery (REA) reveals marked differences in the density of innervation between the proximal and distal regions. The innervation in the proximal region is about twice as dense as that in the distal region and there are approximately 10,500 and 6,500 varicosities per mm<sup>2</sup> vessel area in these two regions, respectively. These varicosities have approximately the same mean diameter throughout the length of the vessel. The noradrenaline contents per gram wet weight of tissue in the proximal and distal regions are 1.93 and 0.94 µg, respectively. It is estimated that noradrenaline contents per mm<sup>2</sup> nerve plexus area are 0.30 and 0.08 ng and that the nerve endings contain 2.8 × 10<sup>–14</sup> and 1.2 × 10<sup>–14</sup> g per varicosity in the proximal and distal REA, respectively. Sympathetic nerve stimulation in vitro with frequencies up to 8 Hz elicits larger and faster contractions in the proximal REA and the threshold frequency is less than in the distal region. This study also indicates that care should be taken to use the same region when using the REA for pharmacological and physiological studies.

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          Journal
          JVR
          J Vasc Res
          10.1159/issn.1018-1172
          Journal of Vascular Research
          S. Karger AG
          1018-1172
          1423-0135
          1982
          1982
          19 September 2008
          : 19
          : 1
          : 41-52
          Affiliations
          Department of Anatomy and Embryology, and Centre for Neuroscience, University College, London, England
          Article
          158372 Blood Vessels 1982;19:41–52
          10.1159/000158372
          1fa18e41-b7c8-4d3d-8081-1cfa09b0b10d
          © 1982 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          History
          : 02 February 1981
          : 01 July 1981
          Page count
          Pages: 12
          Categories
          Research Paper

          General medicine,Neurology,Cardiovascular Medicine,Internal medicine,Nephrology
          Neurotransmission,Noradrenaline,Innervation,Ear artery,Adrenergic,Histochemistry

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