Structural and functional investigations of the murine cavernosal nerve: A model system for serial spatio-temporal study of autonomic neuropathy

BJU International

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 916-924

  Schaumburg, Herbert H ^a   Zotova, Elena ^a   Cannella, Barbara ^a   Raine, Cedric S ^a   Arezzo, Joseph ^a   Tar, Moses ^a   Melman, Arnold ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernosal nerve; Electrophysiology; Erectile function; Neuropathy; Nitric oxide synthetase; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ANTIBODY; EPOXY RESIN; GLUTARALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DELTA NERVE FIBER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FROZEN SECTION; GANGLION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEG; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PENIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33947327730     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06726.x     Document Type: Article

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