The Neurohistochemistry of Mammalian Ureter: A New Combination of Histochemical Procedures to Demonstrate Adrenergic, Cholinergic and Chromaffin Structures in Ureter

Actions of Some Autonomic Drugs on Isolated Dog Quiescent Ureter

“…In the present study, iso lated dog ureters were divided into three portions (upper, middle and lower portion), which are reported to receive different autonomic innervation (6,14). The pressent data showed that all the three portions of dog ureters have spontaneous activities even if isolated.…”

Effect of aminoglycoside antibiotics on the electrical stimulation-induced contractile response of the guinea-pig ureter.

“…Following this we investigated the effects of aminoglycoside antibiotics on the responses of ureteral smooth muscle induced by the electrical stimulation. Histochemical studies have revealed the presence of adrenergic and cholinergic nerves in the human and animal ureter (containing guinea-pig ureter) (Dualte-Escalante et al, 1969;Elbadawi and Schenk, 1969;Shulman, 1981) and ultrastructural studies have also confirmed the presence of both adrenergic and cholinergic nerves (Nagasawa and Mito, 1967;Shulman, 1974Shulman, , 1981. Significant concentrations of catecholamines in a dog ureter have been demonstrated by a fluorometric assay (Boyarsky et al, 1966).…”

“…Various studies, physiological, pharmacological , histological and electron microscopical, lend support to the notion that the movement of ureteral smooth muscle is either myogenic in its control, or neurogenic (Boyarsky , et al, 1966;Dualte-Escalante, et al, 1969;Kaplan, et al, 1968;Lapides, 1948;McLeod , et al, 1973;Melick, et al, 1961;O'Conor and Dawson-Edwards, 1959;Shulman , 1974Shulman , , 1981Wein, et al, 1972aWein, et al, , 1972bWeiss, et al, 1978). The question of wheter the ureter is innervated or not is still controversial.…”

Surgical Implications of Ureteral Neurology

“…Using new specific adrenergic and cholinergic staining techniques we have demonstrated that the ureter is innervated by a composite of noradrenergic and cholinergic nerve fibers [7], Both components contribute to the formation of a well-developed plexus in the adventitia and muscularis. In the uroepithelium the adrenergic fibers end close to chromaffin-like cells in the epithelium.…”