Role of spinal and peripheral alpha2 adrenoceptors in micturition in normal conscious rats

Journal of Urology

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1853-1857

  Ishizuka, Osamu ^a   Mattiasson, Anders ^a   Andersson, Karl Erik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adrenergic; alpha 2; bladder; rats; receptors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ATIPAMEZOLE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MICTURITION; MICTURITION DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029959490     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65552-6     Document Type: Article

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