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A quantitative study of nerve fiber density in the submandibular gland of rats
Tsuboi, Tetsuhiro
Honda, Takashi
Hishida, Sumiyo
Shigetomi, Toshio
Ueda, Minoru
Sugiura, Yasuo
open access
Salivary gland
Nerve distribution
PGP 9.5
Avidine and biotin-peroxidase complex
Rats
The route and three dimensional distribution of nerve terminals in the submandibular gland were investigated in rats using immunohistochemistry for the protein gene product (PGP) 9.5, as a marker of neuronal elements. Thick fiber bundles were found along the wall of the excretory duct. Many fine fibers from these thick bundles were distributed each lobule of the submandibular gland. A large number of single fibers terminated in the area around the striated, intercalated ducts and the acini. The densities of PGP 9.5 immunoreactive terminals were measured by a computer aided analysis system in the three areas: the striated duct, the intercalated duct, and the acini, whose densities (µm/µm2) were 0.23, 0.39 and 0.05 respectively. The relatively high density of nerve terminals in the intercalated duct suggests that the duct system probably plays an unexpectedly important role in the functional aspects.
Nagoya University School of Medicine
2004-05
eng
departmental bulletin paper
VoR
https://doi.org/10.18999/nagjms.67.1-2.25
http://hdl.handle.net/2237/5401
https://nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/3968
10.18999/nagjms.67.1-2.25
2186-3326
0027-7622
Nagoya Journal of Medical Science
67
1-2
25
34
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