title: Histochemical study of innervation and NADPH-D activity of the thymus.
abstract: Acetylcholinesterase (ACHE)-positive nerve fibres in the thymus of the rat form perivascular plexuses as well as free ACHE-positive nerves, which do not follow the course of the vessels. A higher number of ACHE-positive nerves was observed in corticomedullary border and the medulla, a lower number in the cortex of the thymus lobuli. A gradual reduction of ACHE-positive intrathymus nerve formation was recorded and correlated with the increasing age of the rats. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase positive cells observed in the rat thymus were irregular with numerous projections and were located on the boundary of the cortex and medulla.
authors.affiliation: University of Veterinary Medicine, Komenského 73, 041 81 Kosice, Slovak Republik. danko@uvm.sk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Danko
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ondrasovic
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Svický
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jenca
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pospieszny
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ondrasovicová
mesh_terms: D000110:Acetylcholinesterase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D008297:Male; D009252:NADPH Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000294:innervation* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009252:NADPH Dehydrogenase; D000110:Acetylcholinesterase