 Sympathetic Fibers, Postganglionic
"Sympathetic Fibers, Postganglionic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Nerve fibers which project from sympathetic ganglia to synapses on target organs. Sympathetic postganglionic fibers use norepinephrine as transmitter, except for those innervating eccrine sweat glands (and possibly some blood vessels) which use acetylcholine. They may also release peptide cotransmitters.
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D017779
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.663.542.075.800 A08.663.542.100.800 A08.800.050.050.050.800 A08.800.800.060.050.800 A11.671.078.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Sympathetic Fibers, Postganglionic- Sympathetic Fibers, Postganglionic
- Fiber, Postganglionic Sympathetic
- Fibers, Postganglionic Sympathetic
- Postganglionic Sympathetic Fiber
- Postganglionic Sympathetic Fibers
- Sympathetic Fiber, Postganglionic
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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