title: Distribution of peptidergic terminals of enteric origin in the rat celiac ganglion.
abstract: We examined the distribution of enterofugal nerve terminals of bombesin-, cholecystokinin- and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-like immunoreactivity in the rat celiac-superior mesenteric ganglion complex. The majority of these nerve terminals were concentrated in the mesenteric side of the ganglion. The present findings suggest that some functional specialization occurs in the celiac ganglion of the rat.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamaji
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tohyama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001839:Bombesin / Q000032:analysis*; D002766:Cholecystokinin / Q000032:analysis*; D005728:Ganglia, Sympathetic / Q000032:analysis*; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008297:Male; D009411:Nerve Endings / Q000032:analysis*; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; D002766:Cholecystokinin; D001839:Bombesin