Androgen-dependent blood flow control and morphological changes of the capillaries in rat prostate

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 50-56

  Ono, Yoshihiro ^a   Suzuki, Kazuhiro ^a   Kashiwagi, Bunzo ^a   Shibata, Yasuhiro ^a   Ito, Kazuto ^a   Fukabori, Yoshitatsu ^a   Yamanaka, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen; Blood flow; Capillary; Prostate; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CASTRATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0842308821     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0105-6263.2003.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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