Exogenous calcitonin gene-related peptide perturbs the direction and length of gubernaculum in capsaicin-treated rats

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 305-308

  Shareef, Yasir Al ^a,b   Sourial, Magdy ^c   Hutson, John M ^a,b,d  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c Animal Research Lab   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; CGRP; Gubernaculum; Rat; Testicular descent

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; CASTOR OIL;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL NERVE; GENITOFEMORAL NERVE; GUBERNACULUM; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; MIGRATION; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCROTUM; SENSORY NERVE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS; UMBILICUS;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMORAL NERVE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTIS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33947543460     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-007-1892-z     Document Type: Article

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