Pseudorabies virus tracing of neural pathways between the uterine cervix and CNS: Effects of survival time, estrogen treatment, rhizotomy, and pelvic nerve transection

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 418, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 484-503

  Lee, Jeung Woon ^a   Erskine, Mary S ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypogastric nerve; Sacral parasympathetic nucleus; Spinal cord; Substance P

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; SUBSTANCE P;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PELVIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; RAT; RHIZOTOMY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CERVIX UTERI; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 1, SUID; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0343048396     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000320)418:4<484::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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