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Fig. 5

From: Site-dependent differences in the composite fibers of male pelvic plexus branches: an immunohistochemical analysis of donated elderly cadavers

Fig. 5

Immunohistochemistry of nerves at and along the posterolateral corner of the prostate (posteroinferior group of the pelvic plexus branches). Near-sagittal sections of specimens from a 77-year-old man. Panel a (HE staining; scale bar, 10 mm) displays the topographical anatomy of nerves within the prostate (PR) and rectum (REC). After rotation, a square in panel a is shown in panel b. Panel b displays nNOS immunostaining in a part of the periprostatic nerves: at this lower magnification (scale bar, 1 mm), strong expression of nNOS can be identified. Panels c, d, and e (adjacent sections), corresponding to a nerve indicated by a circle in panel b, show nNOS, VIP, and TH immunostaining, respectively (scale bar in panel c, 0.1 mm). The periprostatic nerve contains abundant nNOS- and TH-positive fibers, but VIP-positive fibers are rare

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