Distribution of nitric oxide synthase implies a regulation of circulation, smooth muscle tone, and secretory function in the human prostate by nitric oxide

Prostate

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Bloch, Wilhelm ^a   Klotz, Theodor ^a   Loch, Christina ^a   Schmidt, Gunther ^a   Engelmann, Udo ^a   Addicks, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; NADPH diaphorase staining; Nitric oxide synthase; Nitrinergic nerve fibers

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SECRETION; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW;

AGED; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE FIBERS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030756639     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(19970915)33:1<1::AID-PROS1>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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