Innervation of vas deferens and accessory male genital glands in the water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) neurochemical characteristics and relationships to the reproductive activity

Theriogenology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1999-2016

  Mirabella, Nicola ^a   Squillacioti, Caterina ^a   Varricchio, Ettore ^b   Genovese, Angelo ^a   Paino, Giuseppe ^a  

^a Dept Struct Functions/Biol T   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neuropeptides; NOS; Pelvic ganglia; Prostate; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NORADRENALIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; SOMATOSTATIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CHEMISTRY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENITALIA, MALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPEPTIDES; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOREPINEPHRINE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOMATOSTATIN; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VAS DEFERENS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037400993     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)01260-8     Document Type: Article

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