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The existence of a double catecholaminergic and cholinergic innervation was demonstrated in the human greater saphenous vein. Catecholamine-containing nerve fibres are organized in a network-like plexus localized at the adventitial-medial border. Acetylcholinesterase-containing nerve fibres are arranged in a plexus found at the adventitial-medial border as well. Catecholamine and acetylcholinesterase-containing nerve fibres, while localized in close apposition since they occupy the same portion of the vein, represent two distinct and independent populations of nerve fibres coming likely from the sympathetic and parasympathetic sections of the autonomic nervous system respectively. Our findings demonstrating a close relationship between catecholaminergic and cholinergic nerve fibres within the wall of the human greater saphenous vein offer morphological support to physiological and pharmacological results reported in the literature of a presynaptic control exerted by cholinergic nerves on norepinephrine release at the level of the saphenous vein.
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