Moreno M J, López de Pablo A L, Marco E J
Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonóma de Madrid, Spain.
Brain Res. 1997 Feb 21;749(1):161-3. doi: 10.1016/s0006-8993(96)01382-0.
The presence of a serotonergic innervation in rat cerebral arteries of peripheral origin was explored. Superior cervical ganglia removal did not change tryptophan hydroxylase activity measured in cell-free extracts of brain base vessels. A low enzyme activity was detected in the ganglia. These results suggest that rat cerebral arteries do not receive a serotonergic innervation from the superior cervical ganglia.