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Nitrergic innervation of the cerebral arterial tree in the bent‐winged bat (mammalia: Microchiroptera)

Nitrergic innervation of the cerebral arterial tree in the bent‐winged bat (mammalia:... The distribution and origin of cerebrovascular nitrergic nerves were studied immunohistochemically and histochemically in the bent‐winged bat. The supply of nitric oxide synthase (NOS)‐immunoreactive (IR) and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase (NADPHd)‐positive nerves to the bat major cerebral arteries differs from the general mammalian pattern in that it is preferential for the vertebrobasilar system (VBS) as opposed to the internal carotid system. Interestingly, a few nerve cells with bright NOS immunofluorescence and intense NADPHd activity were localized in the walls of the vertebral artery (VA) and basilar artery (BA) from many individual bats. Cerebral perivascular NOS‐IR nerves were generally immunoreactive for vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP). NOS‐IR neurons intrinsic to the BA and VA expressed variable degrees of VIP immunoreactivity and showed no acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity. Most cell bodies of the microganglia (MG) in the carotid canal and tympanic cavity, and those of the cranial and cervical facial ganglia, showed both NOS and VIP immunoreactivities and were stained intensely for NADPHd. From these and other findings, it is suggested that, in the bent‐winged bat at least, the BA and VA of the cerebral arterial tree are frequently dually innervated by two neurochemically defined nitrergic neurons, the cranial parasympathetic VIP‐IR and AChE‐positive neurons, which are derived mainly from the MG via the internal carotid artery, and the intrinsic neurons, either IR or immunonegative for VIP but negative for AChE, which form an outflow tract from some caudally located ganglia projecting to the VBS via the VA. J. Comp. Neurol. 390:366–376, 1998. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Comparative Neurology Wiley

Nitrergic innervation of the cerebral arterial tree in the bent‐winged bat (mammalia: Microchiroptera)

Andō, Kōichi
The Journal of Comparative Neurology , Volume 390 (3) – Jul 19, 1999
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The distribution and origin of cerebrovascular nitrergic nerves were studied immunohistochemically and histochemically in the bent‐winged bat. The supply of nitric oxide synthase (NOS)‐immunoreactive (IR) and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase (NADPHd)‐positive nerves to the bat major cerebral arteries differs from the general mammalian pattern in that it is preferential for the vertebrobasilar system (VBS) as opposed to the internal carotid system. Interestingly, a few nerve cells with bright NOS immunofluorescence and intense NADPHd activity were localized in the walls of the vertebral artery (VA) and basilar artery (BA) from many individual bats. Cerebral perivascular NOS‐IR nerves were generally immunoreactive for vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP). NOS‐IR neurons intrinsic to the BA and VA expressed variable degrees of VIP immunoreactivity and showed no acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity. Most cell bodies of the microganglia (MG) in the carotid canal and tympanic cavity, and those of the cranial and cervical facial ganglia, showed both NOS and VIP immunoreactivities and were stained intensely for NADPHd. From these and other findings, it is suggested that, in the bent‐winged bat at least, the BA and VA of the cerebral arterial tree are frequently dually innervated by two neurochemically defined nitrergic neurons, the cranial parasympathetic VIP‐IR and AChE‐positive neurons, which are derived mainly from the MG via the internal carotid artery, and the intrinsic neurons, either IR or immunonegative for VIP but negative for AChE, which form an outflow tract from some caudally located ganglia projecting to the VBS via the VA. J. Comp. Neurol. 390:366–376, 1998. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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