Sympathetic efferent pathways projecting to the vas deferens

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 398-408

  Kihara, Kazunori ^a,b   Sato, Kenji ^a   Oshima, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compensatory pathway; Crossed innervation; Reorganization; Spermatozoa transport

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATORY PATHWAY; CROSSED INNERVATION; HORMONAL SYSTEMS; REORGANISATION; SPERMATOZOON TRANSPORT; SPINAL-CORD; SYMPATHETIC NERVES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEMS; SYNAPTIC CONNECTIONS; VAS DEFERENS;

NEURONS;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; DOG; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; HUMAN; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; INNERVATION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MESENTERY; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE PLEXUS; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032537981     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19980915)42:6<398::AID-JEMT3>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Review

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