Interstitial cells of Cajal mediate excitatory sympathetic neurotransmission in guinea pig prostate

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 352, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 479-486

  Wang, Jiang Ping ^a,b   Ding, Guo Fu ^b   Wang, Qin Zhang ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Guinea pig; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Neurotransmission; Prostate; Sympathetic nerve

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CONNEXIN 43; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; PHENTOLAMINE; PRAZOSIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; MALE; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PROSTATE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; STAINING AND LABELING; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

CAVIA;

EID: 84878614341     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-013-1572-3     Document Type: Article

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