Regional difference in the distribution of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-immunoreactive nerve fibres along the uterus and between myometrial muscle layers in the rat

Histochemical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 525-529

  Houdeau, E ^a   Prud'homme, M J ^a,b   Rousseau, J P ^a,b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNERVATION; MUSCLE LEVEL; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0031855758     PISSN: 00182214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003299621127     Document Type: Article

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