Abstract
This chapter contains section titled: The concept of short adrenergic neurons Adrenergic innervation of the female reproductive tract: anatomy and functional properties Pregnancy-induced changes in uterine noradrenaline content Functional and structural denervation of the myometrium during pregnancy Role of the growing conceptus in the degeneration of adrenergic myometrial nerves Altered neuro-effector relationships in the uterus during pregnancy Concluding remarks Acknowledgements References Discussion References General discussion Cholinergic synapse development in chick sympathetic ganglia The Link between laboratory work and clinical practice References