Neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the canine prostate: Aging, sex steroid, and pathology correlations

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 358-364

  Crone, Julie K ^a   Burnett, Arthur L ^a,b   Chamness, Shelly L ^a   Strandberg, John D ^a   Chang, Thomas S K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy; BPH; Imprinting; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTROGEN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IMPLANT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; DOGS; ESTROGENS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PROSTATE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031748455     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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