Urology
Volume 76, Issue 3 , Pages 764.e1-764.e6 , September 2010

Distribution of Convergent Afferents Innervating Bladder and Prostate at Dorsal Root Ganglia in Rats

  • Yong Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • Xiaohou Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr. Xiaohou Wu, M.D., Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, P. R. China
    • ,
  • Jia Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • Wei Tang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • Tao Zhao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Fuling Central Hospital, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • Jianhua Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Fuling Central Hospital, Chongqing, People's Republic of China

Received 14 October 2009 ,Accepted 2 April 2010.

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PII: S0090-4295(10)00502-9

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.04.002

Urology
Volume 76, Issue 3 , Pages 764.e1-764.e6 , September 2010

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