Structural effects and potential changes in growth factor signalling in penis-projecting autonomic neurons after axotomy

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Palma, Catalina A ^a   Keast, Janet R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA1; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA2; GROWTH FACTOR; NEURTURIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; CYTOPLASM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLION; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; PELVIS SURGERY; PENIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTORS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; PELVIS; PENIS; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 33745254222     PISSN: 14712202     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-7-41     Document Type: Article

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