title: Sympathetic supply to the arteries of canine hindlimbs.
abstract: Sympathetic supply to the saphenous and dorsal pedal arteries of canine hindlimbs was determined using the glyoxylic acid method for monoamines for the fluorescence histochemical demonstration. Adrenergic nerve fibers of the dorsal pedal artery had almost completely disappeared after L6, L7 sympathectomy. The fibers of the saphenous artery had disappeared by about 90% by L3-L5 sympathectomy. It is concluded that all the postganglionic fibers distributed to the dorsal pedal artery originate in L6 and L7 ganglia and 90% of those distributed to the saphenous artery originate in L3-L5 ganglia.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Surgery, Ehime University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iwahashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hiratani
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsunekawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D015306:Biogenic Monoamines / Q000378:metabolism; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005728:Ganglia, Sympathetic / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D006038:Glyoxylates; D006614:Hindlimb / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000294:innervation; D006651:Histocytochemistry / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D015306:Biogenic Monoamines; D002395:Catecholamines; D006038:Glyoxylates; C031150:glyoxylic acid