Corticotropin releasing factor-like immunoreactivity in afferent projections to the sacral spinal cord of the cat

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 218-226

  Kawatani, Masahito ^a,b   Suzuki, Takashi ^b   De Groat, William C ^b  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Neuropeptides; Sacral parasympathetic nucleus; Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide; Visceral afferents

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SENSORY NERVE;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CATS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; URINARY BLADDER; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0030583834     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(96)00083-5     Document Type: Article

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