Acta Vet. Brno 2017, 86: 117-122

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb201786020117

The localization of primary efferent sympathetic neurons innervating the porcine thymus – a retrograde tracing study

Paweł Kulik, Anna Zacharko-Siembida, Marcin B. Arciszewski

Department of Animal Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland

Received November 15, 2016
Accepted May 31, 2017

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