BIOLOGY

OF

REPRODUCTION

760-767

47,

Postnatal

(1992)

Development

of Sympathetic

of the TOM

Laboratoiy

for

Division

D.

Rhesus W.

SCHULTEA,3’4

Neuroendocrinology,

of Neuroscience,5

Monkey

LES

Regional

Sensory

and

SERGIO

of Veterinary Texas 77843

Primate

Innervation

Ovary1

DEES,4

Department Collegt Station,

Oregon

and

R. OJEDA2’5

Anatomy,4

Research

Texas

Center,

A&M

Beaverton,

University

Oregon

97006

ABSTRACT We

have

rhesus

used

monkey

ylase

(TH)-like

(SP)

associated

found

to be

fibers

were

pathetic

also

number

age

of VIP

were

those

sensory

similar

in density process

neural

significantly

decreased

(p and

NPY

nerves

innervation inputs

to the

Th,

in early

fibers,

YlPergic

between

time,

the

nerves

recruitment

and

in senescent

ovaries

were

less

suggest

the

that

leads

suggests

that

of the

gland.

the

aminergic and There is general sory extrinsic the interstitial thetic fibers ergic by droxylase vasoactive [7-15). shown

has become by extrinsic

peptidergic agreement

natures (for reviews that both sympathetic

Sensory nerves that to contain substance

exists

that

Accepted

June 25, 1992.

Received

January

27,

[1-3]). and sen-

the

of other

#1839

HD-l8185,

of the Oregon

RR-00163

Regional

did

not

follicle.

function

during

of fibers had

age. may

the

is associated

increase

fibers

play

In addition,

VIP

a local-

The

of VIP

nerves

aging

and

these

with

the present

sympathetic

relationship VIP

0.01)