Previously, we observed expression of the homeobox transcription factor Prox1 in neuroectodermal embryonic tissues. Besides essential functions during embryonic development, Prox1 has been implicated ...

Your sympathetic nervous system is one of the branches of your autonomic nervous system. It controls functions under unconscious control related to “fight or flight.” Your nervous system plays a ...

A new study from scientists at the University of Sheffield has discovered how vital neurons and cells that control the function of crucial organs develop in the womb. The trunk neural crest is an ...

The origin and distribution of nerves forming the cardiac plexus and the subdivision of this plexus were studied in six human foetuses (2 male, 4 female) of gestational ages 30 to 40 weeks. The ...

High spinal cord injury (SCI) results in disruption of sympathetic vasomotor control. Vasodilatation as a response to local heating is a biphasic mechanism: the first phase (neurogenic) is mediated by ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The effect of synaptic stimulation on tyrosine hydroxylase [tyrosine 3-monooxygenase; L-tyrosine, tetrahydropteridine:oxygen oxidoreductase (3 ...