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Autonomic ganglion

Known as: Autonomic Ganglia, Ganglia, Autonomic, Ganglion, Autonomic 
Clusters of neurons and their processes in the autonomic nervous system. In the autonomic ganglia, the preganglionic fibers from the central nervous… 
National Institutes of Health

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Narrower (8)

Autonomic Fibers, PostganglionicAutonomic Fibers, PreganglionicCeliac PlexusMyenteric Plexus

Broader (2)

Autonomic nervous systemGanglia
Blood supply aspectsHypogastric PlexusMicrobiologicalPeripheral Nervous System

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Peptide neurons in peripheral tissues including the urinary tract: immunohistochemical studies.
Using the indirect immunofluorescence technique of Coons and collaborators, neurons containing substance P-, enkephalin… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Early Spread of Scrapie from the Gastrointestinal Tract to the Central Nervous System Involves Autonomic Fibers of the Splanchnic and Vagus Nerves
ABSTRACT Although the ultimate target of infection is the central nervous system (CNS), there is evidence that the enteric… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Identification of a new family of tissue-specific basic helix-loop-helix proteins with a two-hybrid system
With modified two-hybrid technology, we have isolated a member of a new family of basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Diversity of RET proto-oncogene mutations in familial and sporadic Hirschsprung disease.
Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is a common congenital malformation (1 in 5,000 live births) due to the absence of autonomic ganglia… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Muscarinic receptor subtypes. Physiology and clinical implications.
CHOLINERGIC neurons affect tissues by releasing the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, which stimulates acetylcholine receptors on… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
A specific substance P antagonist blocks smooth muscle contractions induced by non-cholinergic, non-adrenergic nerve stimulation
Nerve fibres containing substance P (SP) are widely distributed in the body1–3 and seem to innervate autonomic ganglia, blood… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Restrictions of developmental capabilities in neural crest cell derivatives as tested by in vivo transplantation experiments.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Appearance of catecholamine-synthesizing enzymes during development of rat sympathetic nervous system: possible role of tissue environment.
We sought to determine, in rat embryo, when and at what site in their migration cells derived from the neural crest differentiate… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Enkephalins presynaptically inhibit cholinergic transmission in sympathetic ganglia
Recent biochemical and immnnohistochemical studies have shown that the opioid peptides, enkephalins, occur in nerve terminals and… 
Review
1967
Review
1967
Transmitter histochemistry of the sympathetic adrenergic nervous system.
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