Effects of castration on the immunoreactivity to NGF, BDNF and their receptors in the pelvic ganglia of the male rat

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-106

  Squillacioti, Caterina ^a   De Luca, A ^a   Paino, G ^a   Mirabella, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; p75NTR; Pelvic ganglia; Trks

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; TNFRSF16 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GANGLION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PELVIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; ORCHIECTOMY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; ORCHIECTOMY; PELVIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RECEPTOR, TRKB; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 50349102974     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/1194     Document Type: Article

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