Analysis of pressure/flow characteristics in the female rat and their pharmacologic modulation

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 513-527

  Watanabe, Takeshi ^a,b   Constantinou, Christos E ^b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bladder; micturition; urethra; urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OXYBUTYNIN; PRAZOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UP 11; UP 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MICTURITION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RAT; URETHRA; URETHRA PRESSURE; URINE FLOW RATE; UROFLOWMETRY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRESSURE; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0029743985     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6777(1996)15:5<513::AID-NAU8>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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