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Neck

Known as: neck anatomy, neck structure, Necks 
The part of a human or animal body connecting the HEAD to the rest of the body.
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Front of neckSkin of neck

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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Involvement of Leukemia Inhibitory Factor in the Increases in Galanin and Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide mRNA and the Decreases in Neuropeptide Y and Tyrosine Hydroxylase mRNA in Sympathetic Neurons…
Abstract: In response to axonal injury, noradrenergic sympathetic neurons of the adult superior cervical ganglion (SCG) alter… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Denervation releases a neuronal survival factor in adult rat hippocampus
Target-derived macromolecules in the peripheral nervous system apparently play an important part in the regulation of neuronal… 
Review
1980
Review
1980
Noncondylomatous Cervical Wart Virus Infection
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections of the genital tract frequently involve cervical epithelium and produce a macroscopically… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Calcium‐dependent potentials in the mammalian sympathetic neurone.
1. Intracellular recordings from post‐ganglionic neurones of the rat superior cervical ganglion revealed two non‐synaptic… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
The effects of nerve growth factor and its antiserum on synapses in the superior cervical ganglion of the guinea‐pig.
1. The effects of nerve growth factor (NGF) and its antiserum on synapses in the superior cervical ganglion of the guinea‐pig… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Melatonin inhibition of reproduction in the male hamster: its dependency on time of day of administration and on an intact and sympathetically innervated pineal gland.
The daily s.c injection of 25 microgram melatonin (MEL) in oil into adult male hamsters at 7 p.m. (lights on 6 a.m. to 8 p.m… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Sympathetic nerve endings in the pineal gland protect against acute stress-induced increase in N-acetyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.5.) activity.
Injection of the antidepressant desmyethylimipramine (DMI, 10 mg/kg) into intact rats or into rats in which the superior cervical… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Functional and structural changes in mammalian sympathetic neurones following interruption of their axons.
The effects of interrupting the axons of principal neurones in the superior cervical ganglion of adult guinea‐pigs were studied… 
Highly Cited
1953
Highly Cited
1953
The relationship between depolarization and block in the cat's superior cervical ganglion
It is now generally accepted that synaptic transmission in the superior cervical ganglion and at the neuromuscular junction is… 
Highly Cited
1944
Highly Cited
1944
The action of adrenaline on transmission in the superior cervical ganglion
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