Nitric oxide-synthesizing neurons originating at several different levels innervate rat penis

Neuroscience

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 891-899

  Vanhatalo, S ^a   Klinge, E ^c   Sjostrand N O ^b   Soinila, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

chemical coding; co localization; innervation; NADPH; nitric oxide synthase; penile erection

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030561275     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00216-3     Document Type: Article

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