SIMULTANEOUS INNERVATION OF HEART AND STOMACH BY DICHOTOMIZING BRANCH OF PERIPHERAL PROCESS OF CGRP IMMUNOREACTIVE DORSAL ROOT GANGLION NEURONS——A TRIPLE LABELLING STUDY / 解剖学报

ABSTRACT

Propedium iodide (PI) and bisbenzimide (Bb) were injected into anterior wall of the cardiac ventricle and lesser curvature of the stomach in the rat respectively. We have found that PI labelled cells are distributed in C_4-T_(12), Bb labelled cells in T_4-L_1, PI-Bb double labelled cells in T_6-T_(11) dorsal root ganglia. This result indicate that dichotomizing branches of peripheral process from some of dorsal root ganglionic neuron projecte to two visceral organs simultaneously. By means of immunocytochemistry (PAP method), some of double fluorescence cells are CGRP positive. The significance of the viscero-visceral sensory converging to same primary sensory neuron was discussed.