CNS cell groups involved in the control of the ischiocavernosus and bulbospongiosus muscles: A transneuronal tracing study using pseudorabies virus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 374, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-179

  Marson, Lesley ^b   Mckenna, Kevin E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

autonomic regulation; lumbosacral spinal cord; pelvic function; penis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; RAT; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HERPESVIRUS 1, SUID; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PENIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0029859065     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961014)374:2<161::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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