Article
Transmitter diversity in carotid body afferent neurons: dopaminergic and peptidergic phenotypes.
Neuroscience - 1 Dec 1992
Finley J C, Polak J, Katz D M
Abstract excerpt
Hypoxic stimulation of carotid body chemoreceptors is conveyed to the brainstem by primary sensory neurons whose peripheral axons run in the carotid sinus nerve. While considerable attention has focused on defining chemical neuroregulators released by glomus cells in the carotid body, our understanding of the morphology, distribution and transmitter phenotype of these carotid body afferent neurons remains...
Topics
- Animals
- Carotid Body
- Catecholamines
- Dopa Decarboxylase
- Dopamine
- Female
- Immunohistochemistry
- Microscopy, Electron
- Nerve Endings
- Neurons, Afferent
- Neuropeptides
- Neurotransmitter Agents