Mast cell changes in denervated sympathetic ganglia

Autor: S.B. Gertner, M.B. Hollinshead
Rok vydání: 1969
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Zdroj: Experimental Neurology. 24:487-496
ISSN: 0014-4886
DOI: 10.1016/0014-4886(69)90151-4
Popis: The right superior cervical ganglia of adult cats were denervated preganglionically, while the contralateral ganglia served as controls. Two series of experiments were done; 13 animals were killed 20 days and 11 animals 13 days postoperatively. Excised ganglia were fixed in acidified lead subacetate, embedded in paraffin and stained for mast cells with Padawer's toluidine blue technique. By use of the “analysis of variance of paired data,” a highly significant increase in mast cells per milligram of tissue was found in the denervated ganglia compared with their controls. Thirteen days after denervation, mast cells per milligram of superior cervical ganglionic tissue increased by an average of 10%, while 20 days postoperatively the increased averaged 27%.
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