Distribution and Changes with Age of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide- and Substance P-Immunoreactive Nerves of the Rat Urinary Bladder and Lumbosacral Sensory Neurons

European Journal of Morphology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 293-301

  Mohammed, H A ^a   Santer, R M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Bladder; Calcitonin gene related peptide; Dorsal root ganglia; Substance P

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; SUBSTANCE P;

AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER INNERVATION; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MICTURITION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; VASODILATATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANCE P; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0842327302     PISSN: 09243860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ejom.40.5.293.28900     Document Type: Article

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