title: Peripheral ganglia supplying the genital smooth musculature in the female pig: an experimental study.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to locate the sensory and autonomic ganglia innervating the female genital musculature in pigs. The retrograde neuronal tracers horseradish peroxidase (HRP) or fast blue (FB) were injected into the left retractor clitoridis muscle (RCM), which was treated as a typical model of the genital smooth musculature. Labelled cells were found in ipsilateral dorsal root ganglia S1-S4, in bilateral sympathetic paravertebral ganglia from L5-L6 or L6-L7 to S3 and in the left and right caudal mesenteric ganglion. In two of the five animals treated, presumably preganglionic parasympathetic cells were labelled in the ipsilateral intermediate grey substance of the segments S1-S2.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Normal Anatomy of Domestic Animals, University of Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Panu
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Minelli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Botti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gazza
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Acone
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Palmieri
mesh_terms: D000578:Amidines; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D005724:Ganglia / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005728:Ganglia, Sympathetic / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000294:innervation*; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000294:innervation*; D013552:Swine / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
chemical_list: D000578:Amidines; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; C031455:diamidino compound 253-50; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase