Neuropeptide Y innervation in the spinal nucleus of bulbocavernosus of the rat.
Immunoelectron microscopy combined with a retrograde tracing technique was carried out to examine the synaptic interaction between neuropeptide Y (NPY)-like immunoreactive (LI) axon terminals and spinal motoneurons innervating bulbocavernosus muscles. Cell bodies and proximal dendrites of these motoneurons were frequently found to receive synaptic inputs from NPY-LI axon terminals.
Department of Anatomy, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan.
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Kawano
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Sugita
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Inagaki
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Furuyama
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Takagi
D000818:Animals; D002369:Castration; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000502:physiology*; D010413:Penis / Q000294:innervation*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology
D009478:Neuropeptide Y