THE SEGEMENTAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE AFFERENT NERVES OF THE GENITAL GLANDS AND SANYINCHIAO REGION IN RABBITS—A STUDY WITH HRP METHOD AND FLUORESCENCE METHOD / 西安交通大学学报(医学版)

ABSTRACT

Eighteen adult rabbits(0 9and 0 9, body weights 1.5～2kg) were selected for the present study. A solution of 5～15% HRP(RZ=2.9) 10% EB (Evans Blue) and 7% TY (Titan Yellow)was respectively injected into the subserosa of genital glands in fourteen rabbits and a solution of 35% HRP into the tibial nerves of the Sanyinchiao regions in other four rabbits. The uptake and retrograde transmission of HRP and of EB and TY in the afferent fibres of both the somatic and visceral nerves were traced to the spinal ganglia. In addition, anterograde transport were verified by using ARG method in two cats. The range of segments where the neurons give off these two afferent fibres overlap each other. The results were as follows 1. The labelled sensory neurons from the region of the testis where HRP was injected were observed more concentrated in the spinal ganglia T11～L4, and the ovary in the spinal ganglia T10～L14. 2. The labelled neurons from the region of Sanyinchial were found more concentratedly in the spinal ganglia L_4～S_3. 3. The ranges of distribution of labelled neurons from the two groups of afferent fibres overlap in segment T7～L7.