Increased NADPH-diaphorase reactivity in bladder afferent pathways following urethral obstruction in guinea pigs

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 333-342

  Zhou, Yuan ^a   Ling, Eng Ang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglia; Guinea pig; NADPH d; Spinal cord; Urethral obstruction

Indexed keywords

AMIDINE; DIAMIDINO COMPOUND 253/50; FLUORESCENT DYE; NITRIC OXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; GUINEA PIG; INNERVATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLION; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; URETHRA OBSTRUCTION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AMIDINES; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FLUORESCENT DYES; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; URETHRAL OBSTRUCTION; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0031290234     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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