PMID: 9651003Jul 3, 1998Paper

Characterisation of the adventitial rectal ganglia in the male rat by their immunohistochemical features and projections

The Journal of Comparative Neurology
G B Luckensmeyer, J R Keast

Abstract

In recent years, considerable progress has been made in characterising the neural circuitry of the pelvic plexus, particularly in the male rat. However, the small ganglia on the adventitial surface of the rectum remain largely unstudied. We have used immunohistochemistry and retrograde tracing techniques to determine the content and projections of these neurons. The adventitial ganglia contain 600-1,000 neurons. All of these are immunoreactive for choline acetyltransferase, 44% are immunoreactive for calbindin, and 35% are immunoreactive for vasoactive intestinal peptide. Very few (1-5%) adventitial neurons contain tyrosine hydroxylase or neuropeptide Y. In contrast, most adventitial neurons are surrounded by varicose axons that do contain tyrosine hydroxylase or neuropeptide Y. Retrograde tracing studies showed that the primary targets of adventitial neurons within the bowel are the internal anal sphincter and the circular muscle directly adjacent to the sphincter. However, more adventitial neurons project out of the gut wall than to targets within the bowel. These are most likely to be viscerofugal and rectospinal neurons. Combining the immunohistochemical and tracing observations, these studies suggest that the rat adventiti...Continue Reading

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