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Peripheral pathways for neuropeptide Y- and cholecystokinin-8-immunoreactive nerves innervating the rat ovary
1Marine Biomedical Institute, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550.
Neuroscience Letters
|September 11, 1987
Abstract:
The superior ovarian nerve (SON) or plexus nerve (PN) innervating the rat ovary was transected separately or in combination and the effects of these nerve lesions on intra-ovarian NPY- or CCK-8-immunoreactive nerve fibers was evaluated. Transection of the SON did not affect NPY or CCK-8-immunoreactive nerve fibers. In contrast, section of the PN eliminated nerve fibers immunoreactive for these neuropeptides. This study demonstrates that both NPY- and CCK-8-immunoreactive nerve fibers reach the ovary via the PN.