Changes in the substance P-containing innervation of the lumbosacral spinal cord in male Wistar rats as a consequence of ageing

Brain Research

Volumn 1036, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 139-144

  Ranson, Richard N ^a   Priestley, David J ^a   Santer, Robert M ^a   Watson, Alan H D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dorsolateral nucleus; Image Analysis; Immunocytochemistry; Micturition

Indexed keywords

SUBSTANCE P;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINARY DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 13844253812     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.12.031     Document Type: Article

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