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UNCHARTED CHOLINERGIC NERVES IN THE RABBIT PAROTID GLAND
Author(s) -
Alm P.,
Ekström J.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
quarterly journal of experimental physiology and cognate medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1469-445X
pISSN - 0033-5541
DOI - 10.1113/expphysiol.1976.sp002343
Subject(s) - cholinergic , choline acetyltransferase , acetylcholinesterase , denervation , cholinesterase , acetylcholine , free nerve ending , rabbit (cipher) , parotid gland , anatomy , endocrinology , chemistry , medicine , pathology , enzyme , biochemistry , statistics , mathematics
Cholinergic nerves are shown to be left in the rabbit parotid gland after avulsion of the auriculo‐temporal nerve: a cholinesterase inhibitor injected through the duct caused secretion, thereby revealing leakage of acetylcholine from cholinergic nerve endings, and acetylcholinesterase positive nerves were found histochemically. The incomplete cholinergic denervation offers an explanation to the fact that some choline acetyltransferase activity remains in the ‘denervated’ glands.