New technique of anatomical study of the distal autonomic nervous system of the heart in man
Medici, D.; Smith, A.
L'Ateneo Parmense. Acta Bio-Medica Organo Della Societa di Medicina e Scienze Naturali di Parma 51(3): 193-196
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 1123-7325 PMID: 7213461 Document Number: 156125
A new technique of anatomical study of cardiac nerves in man is described, and the results of the investigation are reported and discussed. Sections of the heart, 10 micron in thickness, stained with a modification of Masson's trichrome technique, and surrounded by at least 3 nerves fibres as a marker were projected by an ordinary photographic enlarger, and drawn on a polythene foam termoplastic material. The scale drawings were cut and put together to form a scale model of the heart studied in the peripulmonary tissue and between the aorta and the pulmonary artery. The advantages and the limits of this technique are then discussed.