Micturition in conscious rats with and without bladder outlet obstruction: Role of spinal α1-adrenoceptors

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 962-966

  Ishizuka, Osamu ^a   Persson, Katarina ^a   Mattiasson, Anders ^a   Naylor, Alasdair ^b   Wyllie, Michael ^a   Andersson, Karl Erik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bladder; Urethral obstruction; adrenoceptor agonists; adrenoceptor antagonists

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBIDOPA; DOXAZOSIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER NECK; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; FEMALE; HYPERTROPHY; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0029865864     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15288.x     Document Type: Article

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