Adrenergic, nitrergic and peptidergic innervation of the urethral muscle in the boar

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 89-94

  Sienkiewicz, Waldemar ^a   Kaleczyc, Jerzy ^a   Czaja, Krzysztof ^a   Łakomy, Mirosław ^a  

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

Author keywords

Catecholamine synthesising enzymes; Innervation; NADPH diaphorase; Neuropeptides; Pig, male; Urethra muscle

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SWINE; URETHRA;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 2642510905     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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