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[Autonomic angiotensinergic fibres in the human heart with an efferent sympathetic cophenotype].
Annales de cardiologie et d'angeiologie - 1 Jun 2015
Bohlender J, Nussberger J, Tevaearai H, Imboden H
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AIM: The autonomic innervation of the heart consists of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve fibres, and fibres of the intrinsic ganglionated plexus with noradrenaline and acytylcholine as principal neurotransmitters. The fibres co-release neuropeptides to modulate intracardiac neurotransmission by specific presynaptic and postsynaptic receptors. The coexpression of angiotensin II in sympathetic fibres of the...
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