Autonomic innervation of the bovine testis

Acta Anatomica

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-14

  Wrobel, K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bovine; Immunohistochemistry; Innervation; Testis

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATIC CORD; TESTIS; TESTIS BLOOD FLOW; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

AGING; ANATOMY, ARTISTIC; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CATTLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; TESTIS; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

EID: 0031394452     PISSN: 00015180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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