Unilateral injection of neuropeptide Y decreases blood flow in the injected testis but may also increase blood flow in the contralateral testis

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 580-584

  Collin, Ola ^a   Enfält, Elin ^a   Åström, Magdalena ^a   Lissbrant, Erik ^a   Bergh, Anders ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Innervation; NPY

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; INJECTION SITE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTIS BLOOD FLOW;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TESTIS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0031768830     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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