Adrenergic innervation of human mesenteric blood vessels.
A fluorescent histochemical technique has been applied to study the adrenergic innervation of human superior mesenteric arteries obtained at autopsy. Specific catecholamine fluorescence was demonstrated in the smaller branches of this artery taken from three infants and one child. No specific fluorescence was seen in arteries from three adult subjects.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000032:analysis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005453:Fluorescence; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000294:innervation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000032:analysis*
D002395:Catecholamines