Coexpression of neuropeptide Y and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in pelvic plexus neurones innervating the uterus and cervix in the rat

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 288, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 285-292

  Houdeau, Eric ^a   Boyer, Pierre Alain ^a   Rousseau, Antoinette ^a   Rousseau, Jean Paul ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Genital tract; Immunocytochemistry; In situ hybridization; NPY; Pelvic ganglia; Rat (Sprague Dawley); Retrograde tracing (Fluoro Gold); VIP

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GANGLION; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; UTERUS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030984598     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050814     Document Type: Article

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