Peptidergic not monoaminergic fibers profusely innervate the young adult human testis

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 330-338

  Gong, Yong Guang ^a   Feng, Ming Ming ^b   Hu, Xiang Nong ^c   Wang, Yi Qiu ^b   Gu, Min ^b   Zhang, Wei ^b   Ge, Ren Shan ^d  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptamine; C terminal flanking peptide of neuropeptide Y; Dopamine beta hydroxylase; Human; Nerve; Neuropeptide Y; Protein gene product 9.5; Testis; Vasoactive intestinal peptide

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; GENE PRODUCT; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; SEROTONIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE; UCHL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; DONOR; GONAD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNERVATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MONOAMINERGIC NERVE; NERVE FIBER; PARENCHYMA; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; ADRENERGIC NERVE; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

MYOIDA;

ADRENERGIC FIBERS; ADULT; ARTERIOLES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SEROTONIN; TESTIS; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61549132523     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.01038.x     Document Type: Article

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