In rats, the spinal cord contains proerectile autonomic motoneurons destined to the penile tissue and its vasculature, and somatic motoneurons destined to the perineal striated muscles. It receives ...

In one of the very early examples of activity dependent gene expression, we showed that stimulation of the cervical sympathetic trunk led to an increase in the activity of protein level, and mRNA ...

A study of the effects of ouabain and propranolol on the spontaneous activity in the preganglionic sympathetic nerves to the cat heart showed that ouabain can produce both an inhibition and a ...

In a recent study published in the journal Cell Reports Medicine, a team of researchers in China used an in vitro co-culture of adipocytes, cardiomyocytes, and sympathetic neurons to examine the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Motor neurons play a vital role in movement, linking the central nervous system with different muscles in the body. As such, scientists are very interested in understanding the ...