Differentiation of Smooth Muscle in the Genital Tract of the Female Mouse and Its Temporal Relation with the Development of the Wolffian Nerve

Overview

Journal Anat Embryol (Berl)

Specialties Anatomy & Histology
Reproductive Medicine

Date 1989 Jan 1

PMID 2735534

Citations 1

Authors

M M Brauer

M Passaro

G Casanova

G Abeledo

P Barreiro

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Abstract

The development of the smooth muscle in the genital tract of the female mouse was studied by light and electron microscopy before and after birth. These studies showed that: a) between 13 days of fetal development and 2 days after birth the cells surrounding the Mullerian duct were undifferentiated and showed a fibroblast-like appearance; b) between 3 and 10 days after birth the cells acquired several characteristics of smooth muscle but they did not seem fully mature; c) between 30 and 180 days after birth the cells acquired a mature appearance; and d) the Wolffian nerve reached the Mullerian duct surrounding tissue before the start of smooth muscle differentiation.

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