Pathways by which prostatic neuroendocrine cells may be regulated.

These include via lumenal contents (essentially "tasting" lumenal secretions and then regulating the secretion of adjacent epithelial cells), paracrine by other prostatic neuroendocrine cells (and possibly stromal cells), via efferent nerves and the blood stream.

The Prostatic Neuroendocrine Cell

Figure 10

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