Open AccessCyclic Fluctuation in Noradrenaline Transmitter of the Monkey Oviduct
Author(s) -
Sjöberg N. O.,
Johansson E. D. B.,
Owman Ch.,
Rosengren E.,
Walles B.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016347709158356
Subject(s) - oviduct , endocrinology , medicine , motility , adrenergic , estrogen , endogeny , adrenergic neurons , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , receptor
. Cyclic variations in noradrenaline of the sympathetic nerves (“short adrenergic neurons”) innervating the smooth musculature of the oviduct have been determined by fluorescence histochemistry and fluorometric measurements in monkeys (Macaca mulatta). During the secretory phase there is more than twice as much neuronal noradrenaline in the oviduct compared with the proliferative phase. This suggests, that the system of adrenergic nerves in the primate oviduct is involved in the motility changes associated with alterations in the level of endogenous estrogen and progesterone during the menstrual cycle.