A double-label immunohistochemical study of intramural ganglia from the human male urinary bladder neck

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 125-134

  Dixon, J S ^a   Jen, P Y P ^a   Gosling, J A ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Intramural ganglia; Neuropeptides; Nitric oxide synthase; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

BOMBESIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; METENKEPHALIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SOMATOSTATIN; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GANGLION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INNERVATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VARICOSIS;

CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; GANGLIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; URINARY BLADDER; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0031015140     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.1997.19010125.x     Document Type: Article

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