[Comparative characteristics of the cholin- and adrenergic innervation of the arteries of the cerebral dura in several mammals and man].
Cholinergic and adrenergic neuronal apparatus of the nasal (anterior), medial and caudal (posterior) meningeal arteries was studied in rats, guinea pigs, rabbits, cats, dogs, pigs, cows and in man by means of histochemical methods of Koelle and Falck. Dural arteries in the above mentioned animals and man were stated to be surrounded with a paravasal and two adventitial plexus--superficial and profound. The greatest concentration of cholinergic and adrenergic conductors was observed on the medial meningeal arteries. The least density of the conductors had the nasal arteries. The mammal and human caudal arteries occupy intermediate position by their number of cholinergic and adrenergic conductors per area unit. A definite increase in concentration of cholinergic and adrenergic nerves was observed in the successive line of the animals: rat--guinea pig--rabbit--cat--dog--pig--cow. The greatest density of cholinergic and adrenergic nerve fibres was observed in human meningeal arteries.
D000320:Adrenergic Fibers; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D002417:Cattle; D002799:Cholinergic Fibers; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D008576:Meningeal Arteries / Q000294:innervation*; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D013045:Species Specificity
Sravnitel'naia kharakteristika kholin- i adrenergicheskoĭ innervatsii arteriĭ tverdoĭ mozgovoĭ obolochki u nekotorykh mlekopitaiushchikh i u cheloveka.