Increased expression of nestin in the major pelvic ganglion following cavernous nerve injury

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 84-90

  Kutlu, O ^a   Ross, A E ^a   Schaeffer, E M ^a   Gratzke, C ^b   Stief, C G ^b   Strong, T D ^a   Burnett, A L ^a   Hedlund, P ^c   Bivalacqua, T J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

erectile dysfunction; prostate cancer; radical prostatectomy; stem cell

Indexed keywords

NESTIN; RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GANGLION; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR PELVIC GANGLION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GANGLIA; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PROSTATECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84858704689     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijir.2011.50     Document Type: Article

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