SUBSTANCE-P-LIKE IMMUNOREACTIVITY IN NERVES ASSOCIATED WITH THE VASCULAR SYSTEM OF GUINEA-PIGS
SUBSTANCE-P-LIKE IMMUNOREACTIVITY IN NERVES ASSOCIATED WITH THE VASCULAR SYSTEM OF GUINEA-PIGS
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DOI:
10.1016/0306-4522(82)90279-2
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
ESKAY, RL
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作者:
FURNESS, JB;PAPKA, RE;ESKAY, RL
Substance P-like immunoreactivity was localized by an indirect immunohistochemical technique in whole mounts and sections of blood vessels from the guinea pig. There was a widespread association of nerve fibers that had substance P-like immunoreactivity with blood vessels, extending into all vascular beds. The relative densities of supply of different vessels were assessed visually and a rating scale used to compare them. Large elastic arteries close to the heart had dense networks of immunoreactive nerves associated with them. The density decreased as more peripheral beds were approached, except that there was a particularly dense network of nerves with arteries of the splanchnic beds. Arteries to myocardial, CNS, renal, reproductive and skeletal muscle beds all had substance P-immunoreactive nerves associated with them to varying extents. The venae cavae near the heart were densely supplied, but there were few fibers with their more peripheral extensions. Some large veins (e.g., pulmonary, hepatic portal and superior mesenteric) had a few fibers with them, but veins of peripheral vascular beds had very few or no immunoreactive nerve fibers. Substance P-like immunoreactivity in vascular nerves was markedly reduced in guinea pigs that were injected with capsaicin but was unaffected by the injection of 6-hydroxydopamine. Vascular substance P-immunoreactive nerves are likely to be of sensory origin.