Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP): Effects on blood flow in the testis and caput epididymidis of the rat

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 366-374

  Lissbrant, Erik ^a   Collin, Ola ^a   Bergh, Anders ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Laser Doppler flowmetry; Microcirculation; Testicular; Vasomotion

Indexed keywords

HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; GERM CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS BLOOD FLOW; TESTIS FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; EVANS BLUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NEUROPEPTIDES; PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TESTIS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0033042774     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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