Retrograde tracing of spinal cord connections to the cervix with pregnancy in mice

Reproduction

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 645-653

  Kirby, Michael A ^a   Groves, Mary M ^a   Yellon, Steven M ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MOTOR SYSTEM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; UTERINE CERVIX;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 1, SUID; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; NEURONAL TRACT-TRACERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

MURINAE; MUS; SUID HERPESVIRUS 1;

EID: 77149137987     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-09-0361     Document Type: Article

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