Ejaculation is the final stage of coitus in the mammalian male and results in the expulsion of
sperm out of the urethral meatus. Two successive phases, emission and expulsion, can be …

The vas deferens, a muscular conduit conveying spermatozoa from the epididymis to the
urethra, has been used as a model tissue for smooth muscle pharmacological and …

Circulating androgens are required for normal growth and maintenance of function of the
prostate. However, the prostate also contains neuroendocrine peptides, found either in …

Human saphenous veins were used to assess the cooperative participation of adenosine 5‐
triphosphate (ATP), neuropeptide Y (NPY), and noradrenaline (NA) in the vasomotor …

Many neurons that contain a classical neurotransmitter also contain modulatory peptides,
but it has been difficult to establish unequivocally that these peptides are functional …

The endocannabinoid system and prostaglandins are important modulators in the
genitourinary system. This study aimed to investigate the possible interactions between the …

The distribution pattern of perivascular nerves in some branches of rat mesenteric arteries
was studied. Mesenteric arteries isolated from 8-week-old Wistar rats were divided into the …

Immunohistochemical methods were used to study the developing peptidergic innervation of
the human fetal prostate gland in a series of specimens ranging in gestational age from 13 …

Nitrodopamine (6-ND) is a novel endogenous catecholamine that is released from the rat
isolated vas deferens, and has been characterized as a major modulator of the contractility …