NADPH-diaphorase in glandular cells and nerves and its relation to acetylcholinesterase-positive nerves in the male reproductive tract of man and guinea-pig

Urological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-188

  Sjöstrand, Nils O ^a   Ehrén, Ingrid ^b   Eldh, Jan ^b   Wiklund, N Peter ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Autonomic nerves; Glandular cells; Male genital tract; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EPIDIDYMIS; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; SEMINAL VESICLE; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URETHRA; VAS DEFERENS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; GENITALIA, MALE; GUINEA PIGS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; PROSTATE; SEMINAL VESICLES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTIS; URETHRA; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0031799246     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002400050044     Document Type: Article

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