THE SEGMENTAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE AFFERENT NEURONS TRAVERSING THE STELLATE GANGLION OF THE CAT——A STUDY USING HRP METHOD / 解剖学报

ABSTRACT

The segmental distribution of the afferent fibers traversing the stellate ganglia was studied with HRP techinque in 33 cats. The animals were divided into two groups. In one group HRP was injected into the stellate ganglion of one side. Labelled cells were found in ipsilateral spinal ganglia from C_4 to T_9. The majority of these cells (84.49％) were distribued in T_1 to T_5 segments. There is no conspicuous difference between the left and right in respect to the segmental and the pattern distribution of labelled cells. The majority of the labelled cells were medium or small sized (