Adrenergic innervation of blood vessels in rat tibial nerve during Wallerian degeneration.
Adrenergic innervation of blood vessels in rat tibial nerve during Wallerian degeneration was examined, using the formaldehyde-induced histo-fluorescence method. The left sciatic nerve was transected at the level of the sciatic notch, whereas the right sciatic nerve was left intact and used as control. At 1, 3, 7, 14, 42, 56 or 84 days after transection, the tibial nerves of the transected and contralateral sides were exposed. Pieces of each nerve were used for light microscopy or for examination of adrenergic innervation with the fluorescence microscope. One day after transection, no adrenergic nerve fiber was observed in the endoneurium of the transected nerve. After 3 days, adrenergic innervation of small- and medium-sized arterioles in the epi-perineurium was absent, and after 7 days no fibers were visible around large arterioles. Fluorescent fibers were not detected even at 84 days post-surgery. It is concluded that adrenergic innervation of blood vessels in the rat tibial nerve is irreversibly lost after permanent axotomy, and that adrenergic regulation of nerve blood flow may also be lost.[1]References
- Adrenergic innervation of blood vessels in rat tibial nerve during Wallerian degeneration. Koistinaho, J., Wadhwani, K.C., Latker, C.H., Balbo, A., Rapoport, S.I. Acta Neuropathol. (1990) [Pubmed]
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