Estrogen regulates vaginal sensory and autonomic nerve density in the rat

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1397-1404

  Ting, Alison Y ^a   Blacklock, Audrey D ^a   Smith, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Neurotransmitters; Ovulatory cycle; Steroid hormones; Vagina

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MENOPAUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SENSORY NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MENOPAUSE; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; VAGINA;

ANIMALIA; FALLOPIA;

EID: 4544256912     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.030023     Document Type: Article

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