Coexistence of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide- and substance P-like immunoreactivities in the tongue of the guinea pig.
Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)- and substance P (SP)-like immunoreactivities were examined in the tongue of the guinea pig by using the double immunofluorescence method. Coexistence of VIP- and SP-like immunoreactivities was suggested in many nerve fibers innervating the lingual salivary glands, as well as in a few intralingual ganglionic cells.
Ichikawa
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First Department of Oral Anatomy, Osaka University Faculty of Dentistry, Japan.
Nishikawa
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S
Wakisaka
S
S
Matsuo
S
S
Takano
Y
Y
Akai
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M
D000818:Animals; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006168:Guinea Pigs / Q000276:immunology*; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000276:immunology; D013373:Substance P / Q000276:immunology*; D014059:Tongue / Q000276:immunology* / Q000294:innervation; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000276:immunology*
D013373:Substance P; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide