Cavernous nerve injury elicits GAP-43 mRNA expression but not regeneration of injured pelvic ganglion neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 986, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 166-173

  Kato, Ryuichi ^a,b   Kiryu Seo, Sumiko ^a   Sato, Yoshikazu ^c   Hisasue, Shinichi ^b   Tsukamoto, Taiji ^b   Kiyama, Hiroshi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Sanjyukai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomic nerve; Cavernous nerve; GAP 43; Nerve injury; Pelvic ganglion; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROMODULIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS NERVE; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; GANGLION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR PELVIC GANGLION; MALE; NERVE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0142026864     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)03249-9     Document Type: Article

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