Peripheral neurons innervating the extrinsic smooth penile musculature of the pig: Experimental study by retrograde transport and immunohistochemistry

Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 65-82

  Botti, Maddalena ^a,b   Ragionieri, Luisa ^a,b   Bo Minelli, Luisa ^a,b   Gazza, Ferdinando ^a,b   Acone, Franca ^c   Panu, Rino ^a,b   Palmieri, Giovanni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b University of Sassari ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genital smooth musculature; Immunohistochemistry; Peripheral neurons; Pig; Retrograde tracing

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EID: 33749238062     PISSN: 11226714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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