Noradrenergic and peptidergic innervation of the testis and epididymis in the male pig

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-27

  Łakomy, Mirosłaew ^a   Kaleczyc, Jerzy ^a   Majewski, Mariusz ^a  

^a UNIV OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

boar; innervation; neuropeptides; testis

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; ENKEPHALIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SOMATOSTATIN; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SWINE; TESTIS;

EID: 0031028932     PISSN: 00155586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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