Morphology of human intracardiac nerves: an electron microscope study

• Published in: Journal of anatomy Vol. 197; no. 3; pp. 437 - 459
• Main Authors: PAUZIENE, NERINGA, PAUZA, DAINIUS H., STROPUS, RIMVYDAS
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Edinburgh, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.10.2000
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Axons - ultrastructure; Capillaries - ultrastructure; Female; Heart - innervation; Humans; Intracardiac nervous system; Male; Microscopy, Electron; Middle Aged; Nerve Fibers - ultrastructure; Nerve Fibers, Myelinated - ultrastructure; Peripheral Nerves - blood supply; Peripheral Nerves - ultrastructure; peripheral nervous system; Schwann Cells - ultrastructure; vasculature

Since many human heart diseases involve both the intrinsic cardiac neurons and nerves, their detailed normal ultrastructure was examined in material from autopsy cases without cardiac complications obtained no more than 8 h after death. Many intracardiac nerves were covered by epineurium, the thickn...