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Projections of pelvic autonomic neurons within the lower bowel of the male rat: an anterograde labelling study.

Abstract：

:The tissues of the large intestine which receive an innervation by neurons of the major pelvic ganglia were identified following in vivo and in vitro anterograde labelling with the lipophilic tracer 1,1'didodecyl-3,3,3',3'-tetramethylindocarbocyanine perchlorate in the male rat. The primary target in the gut of major pelvic ganglion neurons is the myenteric plexus of the distal colon and the rectum. The serosal ganglia, on the surface of the most distal region of the rectum and the circular muscle of the distal colon and rectum were less densely innervated. The pelvic ganglia do not innervate the longitudinal muscle, submucosal blood vessels, submucosal plexus, or mucosa. The pelvic supply reaches the bowel via two groups of rectal nerves and branches of the penile nerves. All of these connections also carry the axons of viscerofugal neurons from the bowel, some of which have terminal axons in the major pelvic ganglia. Finally, the different nerves supplied different targets. In particular, while the rectal nerves carried pelvic axons supplying the myenteric plexus, circular muscle, and serosal ganglia, the penile nerves only innervated the serosal ganglia. In addition, the two groups of rectal nerves innervated slightly different regions of the bowel and provided different projection patterns. However, successful in vivo labelling was achieved in only 6/12 animals and while all in vitro experiments resulted in successful labelling, it was clear that only a proportion of pelvic projections in any given nerve were labelled. These studies have shown that the major pelvic ganglia are primarily involved in the control of motility, but not of vascular and secretomotor functions. Thus pelvic neurons do not innervate the same range of target tissues within the bowel as the prevertebral ganglia. This study has also shown that the different pathways to the gut from the major pelvic ganglia innervate different tissues, suggesting that the autonomic innervation of the gut is not homogeneous along its length.

journal_name

Neuroscience

journal_title

Neuroscience

authors

Luckensmeyer GB,Keast JR

doi

10.1016/s0306-4522(97)89502-4

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-05-01 00:00:00

pages

263-80

issue

eissn

0306-4522

issn

1873-7544

pii

S0306-4522(97)89502-4

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Projections of pelvic autonomic neurons within the lower bowel of the male rat: an anterograde labelling study.