Demonstration of nitrergic and cholinergic innervation in whole-mount preparations of rabbit, pig, and human upper urinary tract

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 315-318

  Rolle, Udo ^a   Chertin, Boris ^a   Nemeth, Laszlo ^a   Puri, Prem ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cholinergic; Innervation; Nitrergic; Upper urinary tract; Whole mount preparation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNERVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PLEXUS; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPECIES COMPARISON; STAINING; SUBMUCOSA; SWINE; URETER PERISTALSIS; URINARY TRACT; ANIMAL; KIDNEY PELVIS; URETER;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; KIDNEY PELVIS; NITRERGIC NEURONS; RABBITS; SWINE; URETER; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 0036730751     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-002-0721-7     Document Type: Article

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