Neurturin regulates postnatal differentiation of parasympathetic pelvic ganglion neurons, initial axonal projections, and maintenance of terminal fields in male urogenital organs

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 507, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1169-1183

  Yan, Hui ^a   Keast, Janet R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

GDNF; Inferior hypogastric plexus; Male reproduction; Micturition; Neurotrophic factor

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEURTURIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BIRTH; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MICTURITION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; GENITALIA, MALE; GROWTH CONES; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEURTURIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 39649120814     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21593     Document Type: Article

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