1. Cerebral veins: fluorescence histochemistry, electron microscopy, and in vitro reactivity.
- Author
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Edvinsson L, Högestätt ED, Uddman R, and Auer LM
- Subjects
- Animals, Cats, Female, Histocytochemistry, In Vitro Techniques, Male, Microscopy, Electron, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Nerve Fibers ultrastructure, Norepinephrine pharmacology, Potassium pharmacology, Sympathetic Nervous System anatomy & histology, Vasomotor System drug effects, Veins anatomy & histology, Veins ultrastructure, Cerebrovascular Circulation, Muscle, Smooth, Vascular drug effects
- Abstract
Pial veins, choroid plexus veins, and the cerebri magna vein were investigated with regard to their ultrastructural organization, adrenergic nerve supply, and in vitro reactivity. The vessel walls consisted of a continuous layer of endothelial cells, large amounts of collagenous material, and occasional pericytes. Smooth muscle cells were observed only in a few specimens from the cerebri magna vein. All veins were surrounded by adrenergic nerve fibres. Potassium (124 mM) and noradrenaline (10(-5) - 10(-4) M) induced small contractions (0.2-0.5 mN) of isolated veins during in vitro conditions. The magnitude of these responses was less than one-tenth of that obtained in small pial arteries.
- Published
- 1983
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