Morphological and functional evidence against a sensory and sympathetic origin of nitric oxide synthase-containing nerves in the rat lower urinary tract

Neuroscience

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 271-281

  Persson, K ^a   Johansson, K ^a   Alm, P ^a   Larsson, B ^a   Andersson, K E ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

6 Hydroxytryptamine; Calcitonin gene related peptide; Capsaicin; Smooth muscle; Substance P; Urethra

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXIDOPAMINE; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; URINARY TRACT;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GOLD COLLOID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLSIDOMINE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; OXIDOPAMINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANCE P; SYMPATHECTOMY, CHEMICAL; SYMPATHETIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC; SYMPATHOLYTICS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; URETHRA; UROTHELIUM; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0031019303     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00443-5     Document Type: Article

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