Mechanisms of the suppression of the bladder activity by flavoxate

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 218-227

  Kimura, Yutaka ^a   Sasaki, Yasuo ^a   Hamada, Kozo ^a   Fukui, Hisashi ^a   Ukai, Yojiro ^a   Yoshikuni, Yoshiaki ^a   Kimura, Kiyoshi ^a   Sugaya, Kimio ^b   Nishizawa, Osamu ^b  

^a NIPPON SHINYAKU CO LTD   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flavoxate HCl; Micturition reflex; Nucleus reticularis pontis oralis (PoO); Pelvic nerve

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CARBACHOL; FLAVOXATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER PRESSURE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MICTURITION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; PELVIC NERVE; PONS; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SENSORY NERVE; URINARY DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 0029941694     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1996.tb00520.x     Document Type: Article

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