Efferent and afferent neuronal hypertrophy associated with micturition pathways in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 293-303

  Clemow, David B ^a   McCarty, Richard ^a   Steers, William D ^a   Tuttle, Jeremy B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Dorsal root ganglia; Major pelvic ganglia; Nerve growth factor; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER INNERVATION; BLADDER MUSCLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL LABELING; CELL SIZE; EFFERENT NERVE; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEURONS, EFFERENT; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 0030877199     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6777(1997)16:4<293::AID-NAU5>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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