Fiber analysis of the feline inferior cardiac sympathetic nerve

Dennis G. Emery, Robert D. Foreman, Richard E. Coggeshall

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    Abstract

    The left inferior cardiac nerves of nine adult cats were examined with the electron microscope. Electrical recordings were also made from four of these nerves. Most of the nerves contained between 25,000 and 40,000 unmyelinated fibers and 30 to 150 myelinated fibers. The diameters of the unmyelinated fibers ranged from 0.1 μ to 1.8 μ with mean diameters ranging from 0.47 to 0.78 μ in the various nerves. The myelinated fibers ranged in diameter from 1 μ to 9 μ with a mean diameter of approximately 3 μ. Electrical recordings showed two peaks in both the C fiber and the Aδ fiber compound action potentials. Conduction velocities of the two C fiber peaks were approximately 0.7 and 0.9 m/sec. The two groups of Aδ fibers had conduction velocities of approximately 7 and 16 m/sec.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)457-468
    Number of pages12
    JournalJournal of Comparative Neurology
    Volume166
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Apr 15 1976

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Neuroscience

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