Sensory innervation of the external genital tract of female Guinea pigs and mice

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1985-1995

  Vilimas, Patricia I ^a   Yuan, Shi Yong ^a   Haberberger, Rainer V ^a   Gibbins, Ian L ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; External genitalia; Female; Immunohistochemistry; Sensory innervation; Vestibulodynia; Vulvodynia

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; SUBSTANCE P; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

ANAL CANAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLITORIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; EXPERIMENTAL GUINEA PIG; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; URETHRA; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS;

EID: 79960461755     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02258.x     Document Type: Article

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