Noradrenergic and cholinergic innervation of the accessory sexual glands in male sheep

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-83

  Arciszewski, Marcin Bartłomiej ^a   Wasowicz, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

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

Author keywords

Accessory sexual glands; Autonomic innervation; Genital tract; Immunohistochemistry; Neuropeptides; Sheep

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; PROSTATE; SEMINAL VESICLE; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BULBOURETHRAL GLANDS; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; GENITALIA, MALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; PROSTATE; SEMINAL VESICLES; SHEEP; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 30944448232     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: 15882705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.54.2006.1.8     Document Type: Article

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