Double labelling immunohistochemical characterization of autonomic sympathetic neurons innervating the sow retractor clitoridis muscle

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-38

  Ragionieri, L ^a   Botti, M ^a   Gazza, F ^a   Bo Minelli, L ^a   Acone, F ^b   Panu, R ^a   Palmieri, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genital smooth muscle; Immunohistochemistry; Peripheral autonomic neurons; Pig; Retrograde tracing; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FAST BLUE; LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; ANTISERUM; ENKEPHALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL LABELING; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETRACTOR CLITORIDIS MUSCLE; RETROGRADE TRACING; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SOW (SWINE); SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; NERVE CELL; SWINE; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ENKEPHALINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; IMMUNE SERA; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; SUBSTANCE P; SWINE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 48249091714     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/1183     Document Type: Article

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