Segment-specific decrease of both catecholamine concentration and acetylcholinesterase activity are accompanied by nerve refinement in the rat cauda epididymis during sexual maturation

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 374-383

  Silva, Adilson M ^a   Queiróz, Daniel B C ^a   Neto, Eduardo F Castro ^a   Naffah Mazzacoratti, Maria Da Graça ^b   Godinho, Rosely O ^c   Porto, Catarina S ^d   Gutiérrez Ospina, Gabriel ^e   Avellar, Maria Christina W ^f  

^a Department of Tropical Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health ^*  (China)

^e DIVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY   (United States)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Age; Autonomic innervation; Development; Male reproductive tract; Neurons

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 5; NORADRENALIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; STAINING;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CATECHOLAMINES; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILITY; GLYOXYLATES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0036217006     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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