title: Projections of the guinea-pig paracervical ganglion to pelvic viscera.
abstract: The uterine cervix, urinary bladder and rectum of guinea pigs were injected with Fast Blue dye for retrograde transport studies. Dye-laden neuronal perikarya were detected for each viscus in the paracervical ganglion. These same perikarya also exhibited immunoreactivities for tyrosine hydroxylase, aromatic amino acid decarboxylase, dopamine beta-hydroxylase, neuropeptide Y, or vasoactive intestinal peptide, though the perikarya projecting to the urinary bladder did not exhibit immunoreactivity for aromatic amino acid decarboxylase. The results of this study indicate that the guinea-pig paracervical ganglion projects to viscera in addition to the uterus, and that the ganglion contains a range of immunoreactivities related to adrenergic and non-adrenergic neurotransmitters.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Stauber
mesh_terms: D000578:Amidines; D000818:Animals; D001142:Aromatic-L-Amino-Acid Decarboxylases / Q000032:analysis; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000294:innervation*; D004299:Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005725:Ganglia, Autonomic / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000737:chemistry; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000032:analysis; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000032:analysis*; D012007:Rectum / Q000294:innervation*; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / Q000032:analysis; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000294:innervation*; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000578:Amidines; D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; C031455:diamidino compound 253-50; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase; D004299:Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase; D001142:Aromatic-L-Amino-Acid Decarboxylases