Division of autonomic nerves within the neurovascular bundles distally into corpora cavernosa and corpus spongiosum components: Immunohistochemical confirmation with three-dimensional reconstruction

European Urology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 902-909

  Alsaid, Bayan ^a   Bessede, Thomas ^a   Diallo, Djibril ^a   Moszkowicz, David ^a   Karam, Ibrahim ^a   Benoit, Gérard ^a   Droupy, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Cavernous nerves; Computer assisted anatomic dissection; Corpus spongiosum nerves; Inferior hypogastric (pelvic) plexus; Neurovascular bundles; Prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100;

AGED; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CADAVER; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; FETUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; URETHRA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADAVER; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DISSECTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PENIS; PROSTATE; S100 PROTEINS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79955604854     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2011.02.031     Document Type: Article

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