El-Bermani A W, Grant M
Thorax. 1975 Apr;30(2):162-70. doi: 10.1136/thx.30.2.162.
The rhesus monkey lung was stained both by histological methods and histochemically for specific acetylcholinesterase (AChE). AChE-containing nerves in bundles were demonstrated in connective tissue of the hilum and in association with clusters of ganglion cells. These bundles become associated with the bronchial tree as they enter the lung parenchyma, and their numbers of myelinated fibres diminish as they pass scattered ganglion cells along the bronchial system. Extrachondral and subchondral plexuses of nerves were found to be interconnected and to contribute to the perimuscular varicose nerve plexus of the bronchi and bronchioles. These nerve plexuses were found to extend as far as the respiratory bronchioles. In the bronchial submucosa there are AChE-positive nerve plexuses which arise from three sources: (1) the adventitial plexus in bronchioles, or the subchondral plexus in bronchi, (2) the perimuscular nerve plexus, and (3) AChe-containing nerves associated with the bronchial artery. The submucosal plexus appears to innervate the acinar submucosal glands in bronchi as well as continuing as central nerves in the mucosal folds. In the bronchioles the nerves in the mucosal fold are in close relationship with the mucosa.
采用组织学方法和组织化学方法对恒河猴肺进行特定乙酰胆碱酯酶（AChE）染色。在肺门结缔组织以及与神经节细胞簇相关的部位发现了成束的含AChE神经。这些神经束在进入肺实质时与支气管树相连，并且当它们沿着支气管系统经过分散的神经节细胞时，其有髓纤维数量减少。发现软骨外和软骨下神经丛相互连接，并对支气管和细支气管的肌周静脉曲张神经丛有贡献。这些神经丛延伸至呼吸性细支气管。在支气管黏膜下层有AChE阳性神经丛，其来源于三个部位：（1）细支气管的外膜神经丛或支气管的软骨下神经丛，（2）肌周神经丛，以及（3）与支气管动脉相关的含AChE神经。黏膜下神经丛似乎支配支气管的腺泡黏膜下腺，并在黏膜皱襞中作为中枢神经延续。在细支气管中，黏膜皱襞中的神经与黏膜关系密切。
