Coexistence of adrenergic and cholinergic nerves in the inferior hypogastric plexus: Anatomical and immunohistochemical study with 3D reconstruction in human male fetus

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 214, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 645-654

  Alsaid, Bayan ^a,b   Bessede, Thomas ^a   Karam, Ibrahim ^a,b   Abd Alsamad, Issam ^b   Uhl, Jean Francois ^b   Benoît, Gérard ^a   Droupy, Stéphane ^a   Delmas, Vincent ^b  

^a Bicêtre Paris 11 University   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Computer assisted dissection; Inferior hypogastric plexus; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FETUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; ILIAC ARTERY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PLEXUS; NEUROANATOMY; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PELVIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; URETER;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FETUS; HUMANS; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE;

EID: 65449126678     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01071.x     Document Type: Article

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