[Extra-organ sources of parasympathetic innervation of small intestine in the region of ligament of Treitz].

Abstract

Localization sites of neurons in the dorsal motor nucleus of cat vagus innervating the duodenal-jejunal region and upper part of the jejunum were investigated using the technique of the retrograde axonal transport of horseradish peroxidase. Most part of the neurons was located within the ventrolateral area of the nucleus from +1.0 to +2.7 mm (according to obex). Morphological features of the ganglion nodosum neurons which organize afferent innervation of the intestine were analyzed. It has been shown that the maximal amount of such neurons is concentrated in the medium and caudal parts of the ganglion.