Immunohistochemical characterisation of cholinergic nerve fibres supplying accessory genital glands in the pig

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 119-130

  Klimczuk, Magdalena ^a   Kaleczyc, J ^a   Franke Radowiecka, A ^a   Czaja, K ^a   Podlasz, P ^a   Lakomy, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Accessory genital glands; Cholinergic innervation; Immunohistochemistry; Neuropeptides; Pig

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; NEUROPEPTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; CELL DENSITY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PROSTATE; SEMINAL VESICLE; SWINE;

EID: 18144412754     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/5604-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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