Androgen-sensitive preganglionic neurons innervate the male rat pelvic ganglion

Neuroscience

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1147-1157

  Watkins, T W ^a   Keast, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Pelvic viscera; Spinal cord; Sympathetic; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PELVIS; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AMIDINES; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC FIBERS, PREGANGLIONIC; CELL SIZE; CHOLERA TOXIN; COLORING AGENTS; DENDRITES; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORCHIECTOMY; PELVIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE; VISCERA;

EID: 0032780814     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(99)00237-7     Document Type: Article

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