title: Morphology, topography and cytoarchitectonics of the pterygopalatine ganglion in Egyptian spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus, Desmarest).
abstract: Using the thiocholine method of Koelle and Friedenwald and histological techniques the pterygopalatine ganglion in Egyptian spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus, Desmarest) was studied. The ganglion was found to be a single irregular cluster of neurocytes, situated on the medial surface of the maxillary nerve. The ganglion is composed of oval, elliptical and sometimes fusiform ganglionic neurones in compact arrangement without a thick connective-tissue capsule.
authors.affiliation: Department of Comparative Anatomy, Institute of Biology, Swietokrzyski University, ul. Swietokrzyska 15, 25-406 Kielce, Poland. aszcz@pu.kielce.pl
authors.forename: Aleksander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szczurkowski
authors.forename: Tadeusz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuder
authors.forename: Elzbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kuchinka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D048429:Cell Size / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005726:Ganglia, Parasympathetic / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000294:innervation; D008297:Male; D008442:Maxillary Nerve / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D009115:Muridae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000294:innervation; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D010159:Palate / Q000294:innervation