title: [Innervation of the kidney in Lacerta muralis (Laur)].
abstract: Study of the kidney innervation in the lizard (Lacerta muralis), using the silver impregnation technique, showed nerve terminals with the same contiguous relationship to the proximal and distal convoluted tubules and Bowman's capsule as in Mammals. Innervation of these segments may serve to regulate the contractile activity assigned to the capsule and tubule epithelial cells by various workers. Perimetral fibres were also noted on the so-called "sexual segment". Their target is probably the myoepithelial cells that surround this segment, though the possibility that they regulate its secretory activity cannot be excluded.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007668:Kidney / Q000294:innervation*; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000294:innervation; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000294:innervation; D008116:Lizards / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013045:Species Specificity
vernacular_title: Innervazione del rene in Lacerta muralis (Laur.)