Changes in luminal fluid protein composition in the rat cauda epididymidis following partial sympathetic denervation

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-126

  Ricker, Deborah D ^a,d   Chamness, Shelly L ^b   Hinton, Barry T ^c   Chang, Thomas S K ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

2 D Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; inferior mesenteric ganglion; Innervation; sperm accumulation; spermatozoa; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; EPIDIDYMIS; INFERIOR MESENTERIC GANGLION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT; SILVER STAINING; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ALPHA-GLOBULINS; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPIDIDYMAL SECRETORY PROTEINS; EPIDIDYMIS; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; MALE; METALLOPROTEINS; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTICULAR HORMONES;

EID: 0029914646     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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