Increased expression of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in bladder afferent pathways following chronic bladder irritation

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 370, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-202

  Vizzard, Margaret A ^a,b   Erdman, Susan L ^a   De Groat, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

cyclophosphamide; dorsal root ganglia; neuroplasticity; sacral parasympathetic nucleus

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER INNERVATION; BLADDER IRRITATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL GANGLION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACROLEIN; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYSTITIS; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRRITANTS; MALE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0029933629     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960624)370:2<191::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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